High-sensitivity cardiac troponin: Seeing the wood from the trees

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1197-1198

  Gaze, David C ^a   Collinson, Paul O ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN;

HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 77954359449     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.147215     Document Type: Letter

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