A proposed stoichiometrical calibration procedure to achieve transferability of D-dimer measurements and to characterize the performance of different methods

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-142

  Edlund, Bror ^a   Nilsson, Torbjörn K ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calibration; D dimer; Fibrinolysis; Tissue type plasminogen activator; Transferability

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALIBRATION; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 32844470911     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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