National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and IFCC Committee for Standardization of Markers of Cardiac Damage Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines: Analytical issues for biochemical markers of acute coronary syndromes

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-551

  Apple, Fred S ^a   Jesse, Robert L ^b   Newby, L Kristin ^c   Wu, Alan H B ^d   Christenson, Robert H ^e   Cannon, Christopher P ^f   Francis, Gary ^f   Morrow, David A ^f   Ravkilde, Jan ^f   Storrow, Alan B ^f   Tang, Wilson ^f   Jaffe, Allan S ^f   Mair, Johannes ^f   Ordonez Llanos, Jordi ^f   Pagani, Franca ^f   Panteghini, Mauro ^f   Tate, Jillian ^f  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34147193756     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.084715     Document Type: Review

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