Comparison of plasma concentrations of soluble ST2 measured by three different commercially available assays: The MBL ST2 assay, the Presage ST2 assay, and the R&D ST2 assay

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 1493-1494

  Mueller, Thomas ^a   Zimmermann, Matthias ^a   Dieplinger, Benjamin ^a   Ankersmit, Hendrik Jan ^a   Haltmayer, Meinhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Cytokines; Heart failure; Inflammation; Interleukin 1 receptor family; Interleukin 33

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; SOLUBLE PROTEIN ST2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862740242     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.06.021     Document Type: Letter

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