Recommendation to harmonize the units for reporting cardiac troponin results

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 432, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-

  Barth, J H ^a   Panteghini, M ^b   Bunk, D M ^c   Christenson, R H ^c   Katrukha, A ^d   Noble, J E ^e   Schimmel, H ^f   Wang, L ^g   Tate, J R ^h  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HyTest Ltd   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^h ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

CARDIAC MARKER CLIA KIT; CTN ASSAY; HEART INFARCTION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY; LETTER; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH REPORT; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84901623417     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.10.023     Document Type: Letter

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