Prognostic threshold levels of NT-proBNP testing in primary care.

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Published in Eur Heart J on November 23, 2008

Authors

Jens Rosenberg1, Morten Schou, Finn Gustafsson, Jørn Badskjaer, Per Hildebrandt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Frederiksberg University Hospital, Nordre Fasanvej, Frederiksberg, Denmark.

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