Highly sensitive cardiac troponin I assay leads to lowered specificity

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1749-

  Pfäfflin, Albrecht ^a  

^a Clinical Chemistry Unit/Internal Medicine IV   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; TROPONIN I;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; LETTER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 69549120483     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.128660     Document Type: Letter

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