Effect (or lack of it) of severe anemia on PT and APTT results

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 106-110

  Siegel, Jamie E ^a,b   Swami, Vanlila K ^a   Glenn, Patricia ^a   Peterson, Powers ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; APTT; Citrate; Coagulation testing; Hematocrit; PT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031782063     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/110.1.106     Document Type: Article

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