The Calibrated Automated Thrombogram (CAT): A universal routine test for hyper- and hypocoagulability

Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 249-253

  Hemker, H C ^a   Giesen, P ^a   AlDieri, R ^a   Regnault, V ^b   De Smed, E ^a   Wagenvoord, R ^a   Lecompte, T ^b   Beguin S ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Hypercoagulability; Hypocoagulability; Thrombin; Thrombin generation test; Thrombogram

Indexed keywords

THROMBIN;

AUTOMATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBIN TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; HUMANS; THROMBIN;

EID: 0142072235     PISSN: 14248832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073575     Document Type: Conference Paper

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