Multicenter comparison of four contemporary sensitive troponin immunoassays

Journal of Medical Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 271-277

  Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Giavarina, Davide ^b   Meneghello, Moira ^a   Musa, Roberta ^c   Aloe, Rosalia ^c   Da Rin, Giorgio ^d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile di Bassano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparison; Immuno assays; Myocardial infarction; Troponin

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISPERSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THAWING;

EID: 84903604662     PISSN: 14528258     EISSN: 14528266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/jomb-2014-0015     Document Type: Article

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