Are troponin assays occasionally deceiving us?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 997.e1-997.e2

  Ntelios, Dimitrios ^a   Mpei, Eleftheria ^a   Gousi, Eleftheria ^a   Potolidis, Evangelos ^a   Fanourgiakis, Panagiotis ^a   Mandros, Charalampos ^a  

^a General Hospital of Volos   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TROPONIN I;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 84879100817     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.01.035     Document Type: Article

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