N-terminal pro A-type natriuretic peptide but not N-terminal pro C-type natriuretic peptide concentrations are related to cardiac diseases in infants

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 118-119

  Hammerer Lercher, Angelika ^a,b   Sommer, Rudolf ^c   Mair, Johannes ^a   Tulzer, Gerald ^d   Lechner, Evelyn ^d   Hawa, Gerhard ^e   Maitzen, Sonja ^e   Woloszczuk, Wolfgang ^e   Puschendorf, Bernd ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Department of Clinical Laboratory and Blood Depot   (Austria)

^d KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^e Biomedica Diagnostics   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiac diseases; Infants; NT proANP; NT proCNP; Time course

Indexed keywords

NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR A; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR C;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, C-TYPE;

EID: 41849098053     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.01.022     Document Type: Letter

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