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International Journal of Clinical Case Studies Volume 1 (2015), Article ID 1:IJCCS-101, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2356/2015/101
Case Report
Should We Consider Bilirubin When Dosing Troponin in Newborns? Case Report

Valentina Giacchi1*, Carmine Mattia2, Pasqua Betta2 and Pietro Sciacca3

1Department of Pediatrics, AOU Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, via Santa Sofia 78 – 95123, Catania, Italy
2NICU, AOU Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, via Santa Sofia 78 – 95123, Catania, Italy
3Pediatric Cardiology, AOU Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, via Santa Sofia 78 – 95123, Catania, Italy
Dr. Valentina Giacchi, Department of Pediatrics, AOU Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele, via Santa Sofia 78-95123, Catania, Tel: 00393334126158; Fax: 0953782417, Italy; E-mail: valentina.giacchi@yahoo.it
27 February 2015; 20 March 2015; 22 March 2015
Giacchi V, Mattia C, Betta P, Sciacca P (2014) Should we consider bilirubin when dosing troponin in newborns? Case Report. Int J Clin Case Stud 1: 101. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2455-2356/2015/101
© 2015 Giacchi et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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