Cardiac Isoform of Alpha 2 Macroglobulin and Its Reliability as a Cardiac Marker in HIV Patients

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-95

  Subbiah, Ramasamy ^a,b   Chengat, Vipindas ^c,d   Clifton, Justin D ^e   Rathinavel, Andiappan ^a,d   Bidulescu, Aurelian ^f   Tharmarajan, Ramprasath ^a   Selvam, Govindan Sadasivam ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CA2M; Cardiac marker; HIV

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENDER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 74449083626     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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