Multicenter evaluation of lyophilized and deep-frozen plasmas for assignment of the International Normalized Ratio

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1451-1455

  Van Den Besselaar, A M H P ^a   Houbouyan Reveillard, L L ^b   Aillaud, M F ^c   Denson, K W E ^d   Droulle C ^e   Johnston, M ^f   Kitchen, S ^g   Lindahl, T L ^h   Marren, M ⁱ   Martinuzzo, M E ^j   Tripodi, A ^k   Vergnes, C ^l  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Thame Thromb/Haemostasis Res Found   (United Kingdom)

^e SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

^f HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

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

^l HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

International Normalized Ratio; Lyophilized plasma; Oral anticoagulant control; Prothrombin time; Thromboplastin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID; COUMARIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032699733     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614854     Document Type: Article

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