In-house Calibration of the International Sensitivity Index or Calibration Curve for Determination of the International Normalized Ratio

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-312

  Brien, William F ^a   Crawford, Linda ^b   Raby, Anne ^b   Richardson, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Qual Mgmt Program Laboratory Serv   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CALIBRATION; CANADA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 1542374032     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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