Reference ranges and diagnostic thresholds of laboratory markers of cardiac damage and dysfunction in a population of apparently healthy black Africans

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 714-716

  Montagnana, Martina ^a,b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ischemia modified albumin; Laboratory markers; Myocardial dysfunction; N terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide; Reference ranges

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ISCHEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN; TROPONIN T;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL AFRICA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNICITY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 44349161832     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.130     Document Type: Article

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