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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |