APTT revisited: Detecting dysfunction in the hemostatic system through waveform analysis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 684-687

  Toh, Cheng Hock ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032719519     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615897     Document Type: Conference Paper

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