A cross-canada survey of prothrombin time testing: Does the establishment of local ISI values improve the accuracy of international normalized ratio reporting?

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 683-690

  Johnston, M ^a   Brigden, M ^a  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

International normalized ratio (INR); International reference preparation (IRP); International sensitivity index (ISI); Prothrombin time (PT)

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPLASTIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STANDARD;

EID: 0031754279     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/110.5.683     Document Type: Article

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