Influence of storage time and temperature on international normalized ratio (INR) levels and plasma activities of vitamin K dependent clotting factors

Hematology

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 333-337

  Awad, Mohammed A ^a   Selim, Tarek E ^a   Al Sabbagh, Fatma A ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

INR; Plasma; Prothrombin time; Vitamin K dependent factors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; COUMARIN; PROTHROMBIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; COUMARINS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLASMA; REFRIGERATION; VITAMIN K;

EID: 12344258647     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330400010646     Document Type: Article

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