Preanalytical storage does not affect 99th percentile cardiac troponin T concentrations measured with a high-sensitivity assay

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 442-443

  Gillis, Judith M ^a   Dunselman, Peter ^b   Jarausch, Jochen ^c   De Jong, Neletta ^b   Cobbaert, Christa M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN T;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STORAGE; CALIBRATOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PLASMA; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TUBE;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; FREEZE DRYING; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLASMA; PROTEIN STABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84873162126     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.192211     Document Type: Letter

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