Platelet function analyzer (PFA)-100® closure time in the evaluation of platelet disorders and platelet function

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-319

  Hayward, Catherine P M ^a,b,g   Harrison, P ^c   Cattaneo, M ^d   Ortel, T L ^e   Rao, A K ^f  

^a ISTH SSC Platelet Physiology Subcommittee   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DESMOPRESSIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; TIROFIBAN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANALYZER; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEAR RATE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE ANOMALY; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; UREMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER;

BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; UREMIA;

EID: 33645557848     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01771.x     Document Type: Review

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