Field study of lyophilized calibrant plasmas for fresh plasma INR determination

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 277-281

  Van Den Besselaar, A M H P ^a   Houbouyan Reveillard L L ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibrant plasma; INR; Prothrombin time; Thromboplastin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; COUMARIN; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 0036173501     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612985     Document Type: Article

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