Evidence on the cause of false positive troponin i results with the Beckman AccuTnI method

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1079-1080

  Dimeski, Goce ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

false positive; insoluble fibrin; troponin I

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; TROPONIN I;

ARTICLE; BECKMAN ACCUTNI METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FIBRIN; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LITHIUM; SOLUBILITY; TROPONIN I;

EID: 79958269009     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.163     Document Type: Article

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