Standardization of the PFA-100® platelet function test in 105 mmol/l buffered citrate: Effect of gender, smoking, and oral contraceptives

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 898-904

  Bock M ^d   De Haan, J ^a   Beck, K H ^c   Gutensohn, K ^c   Hertfelder, H J ^b   Karger, R ^c   Heim, M U ^c   Beeser, H ^c   Weber, D ^b   Kretschmer, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Inst Exp Haematol/Transfus Med   (Germany)

^c Dept Transfus Med/Haemostaseol ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oral contraceptives; PFA 100; Platelet function; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032851676     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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