Molar expression: Interconverting results of highly sensitive troponin I and T while preserving clinical significance

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 183-

  Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Acute myocardial infarction; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY; LETTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84855321350     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.10.007     Document Type: Letter

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