Biomarker

Clinicians, scientists, and health care professionals use biomarkers or biological markers as a measure of a person’s present health condition or response to interventions. An ideal -biomarker should have the following criteria: (I) ability to detect fundamental features of the disease, (II) ability...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tapan Kumar Khan (auth), Khan, Tapan Kumar, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Croatia : IntechOpen 2012
2012.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436140906719
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Summary:Clinicians, scientists, and health care professionals use biomarkers or biological markers as a measure of a person’s present health condition or response to interventions. An ideal -biomarker should have the following criteria: (I) ability to detect fundamental features of the disease, (II) ability to differentiate from other closely related diseases, (III) ability to detect early stages and stages of progression, (IV) the method should be highly reliable, easy to perform and inexpensive, and (V) sample sources should be easily accessible from body. Most of the chapters in this book follow the basic principle of biomarkers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (402 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789535142966
Access:Open access