A case of floating gel

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1604-1605

  Kaleta, Erin J ^a   Jaffe, Allan S ^a   Baumann, Nikola A ^a   Block, Darci R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; TROPONIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CENTRIFUGATION; DENSITY; DILUTION; GEL; HUMAN; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATINE KINASE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; GELS; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; ISOENZYMES; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SERUM; TROPONIN;

EID: 84868112709     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.188862     Document Type: Note

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