Influence of centrifuge temperature on routine coagulation testing [3]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 537-538

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Poli, Giovanni ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); TEMPERATURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33644522370     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.063149     Document Type: Letter

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