Variability in clinical laboratory practice in testing for disorders of platelet function. Results of two surveys of the North American Specialized Coagulation Laboratory Association

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 549-553

  Moffat, Karen A ^a,b   Ledford Kraemer, Marlies R ^b,c,d   Nichols, William L ^b,e   Hayward, Catherine P M ^a,b,f  

^a HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b N American Spec Coagul Lab Assoc   (United States)

^c CLOT ED Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Platelet disorders; Platelet function testing; Platelet secretion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; RISTOCETIN; THROMBOXANE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL SECRETION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 15344344771     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH04-10-0670     Document Type: Article

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