Diagnostic, clinical and laboratory turnaround times in troponin T testing

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1030-1032

  Ervasti, Mari ^a   Penttilä, Karri ^b   Siltari, Sirkku ^a   Delezuch, Weronika ^a   Punnonen, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Point of care testing; Troponin T; Turnaround time (TAT)

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TURNAROUND TIME;

CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T;

EID: 47349087894     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.185     Document Type: Article

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