Clinical observations on the significance of raised cardiac troponin-T in patients with myositis of varying etiologies seen in rheumatology practice

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1107-1111

  Fisher, Corinne ^a   Agrawal, Sumeet ^a   Wong, Way Main ^a   Fahie Wilson, Mike ^a   Dasgupta, Bhaskar ^a  

^a SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin; Dermatomyositis; Muscle; Myositis; Polymyositis; Statin induced myositis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; TROPONIN T;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOSITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN T;

EID: 79952111265     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1511-6     Document Type: Article

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