Cardiac troponins in pediatric myocarditis

Pediatrics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 864-

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LIVER ENZYME; TROPONIN; TROPONIN I; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE CELL; MYOCARDITIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN I;

EID: 42949128664     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0031     Document Type: Letter

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