The use of sex-specific cutpoints for high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 261-263

  Cullen, Louise A ^a   Mills, Nicholas L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIOASSAY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; MALE; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85008516476     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.254672     Document Type: Article

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