A comparison of glass and plastic blood collection tubes for routine and specialized coagulation assays: A comprehensive study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Kratz, Alexander ^a,b   Stanganelli, Nancy ^a   Van Cott, Elizabeth M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; FIBRINOGEN; GLASS; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PLASMINOGEN; PROTHROMBIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GLASS; HUMANS; PLASTICS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 30444433613     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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