Evaluation in an emergency department of rapid separator tubes containing thrombin for serum preparation prior to hs-cTnT and CK-MB analyses

BMC Clinical Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Budak, Yasemin U ^a   Huysal, Kagan ^b   Bulut, Mehtap ^a   Polat, Murat ^c  

^a Sevket Yilmaz Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Resarch Hospital Cardiovascular Surgery   (Turkey)

^c BURSA YUKSEK IHTISAS TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac troponin T; Creatine kinase MB; Rapid serum tubes

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; THROMBIN; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD ANALYSIS EQUIPMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAPID SEPARATOR TUBE;

EID: 84878816940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6890-13-20     Document Type: Article

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