Biological variation and reference change value of high-sensitivity troponin T in healthy individuals during short and intermediate follow-up periods

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1068-1071

  Frankenstein, Lutz ^a   Wu, Alan H B ^b   Hallermayer, Klaus ^c   Wians Jr , Frank H ^d   Giannitsis, Evangelos ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Roche Diagnostics   (Germany)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; TROPONIN T;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE CHANGE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; REST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS; TROPONIN T; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959723393     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.158964     Document Type: Article

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