Reliability of delayed INR determination: Implications for decentralized anticoagulant care with off-site blood sampling

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 431-434

  Baglin, Trevor ^a   Luddington, Roger ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; INR; Thromboplastin; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPLASTIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; HUMANS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; THROMBOPLASTIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031029431     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.d01-2079.x     Document Type: Article

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