Calculation of the 99th percentile upper reference limit and clinical decision concentration of the Abbott STAT TnI assay

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 576-577

  Tovey, J A ^a   Brain, A ^a   Penney, M D ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 78449296508     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2010.010157     Document Type: Letter

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