Assessment of thrombocytopenic disorders using the platelet function analyzer (PFA-100®)

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 961-964

  Carcao, Manuel D ^a,b   Blanchette, Victor S ^a,b   Stephens, Derek ^c   He, Lijing ^a   Wakefield, Cindy D ^a   Butchart, Sheila ^a   Christie, Douglas J ^d   Rand, Margaret L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Div of Clinic Trials/Epidemiology   (Canada)

^d Dade Behring Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ITP; PFA 100 ; Platelet function; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036280910     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03511.x     Document Type: Article

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