Comparative study of two portable systems for oral anticoagulant monitoring

Hematology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-38

  Vacas, Marta ^a   Lafuente, Pedro José ^a,b   Unanue, Iciar ^a   Iriarte, José Antonio ^a  

^a FIDEC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oral anticoagulant monitoring; Portable PT monitors; Therapeutic concordance

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG MONITORING; FINGER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1342330479     PISSN: 14664860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200343     Document Type: Article

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