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Misleading Elevation of Troponin T caused by Polymyositis

BACKGROUND: Elevations of cardiac enzymes are commonly used to indicate myocardial ischemia, but they can be elevated due to other conditions. Different forms of Troponin (cTnT, sTnT, cTnI), can cause cross-reactivity in the Troponin T assay, leading to false positives. This report describes a patie...

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Autores principales: Dhir, Teena, Jiang, Ning
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Master Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23847461