A simplified statistical method for local INR using linear regression

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 640-647

  Poller, L ^a   Barrowcliffe, T W ^b   Van Den Besselaar, A M H P ^c   Jespersen, J ^d   Tripodi, A ^e   Houghton, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Centralsygehuset   (Denmark)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

INR; Linear regression; Orthogonal regression

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030964596     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-3498.x     Document Type: Article

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