An international collaborative study on the INR calibration of freeze- dried reference plasmas

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 455-460

  Hubbard, Anthony R ^a   Margetts, Sarah M L ^a   Weller, Lynne J ^a   Macnab, Jo ^a   Barrowcliffe, Trevor W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International Normalized Ratio; Oral anticoagulants; Prothrombin time

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RABBIT; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0033061383     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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