International collaborative study for the calibration of a proposed international standard for thromboplastin, rabbit, plain

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1339-1345

  Chantarangkul, V ^a   Van Den Besselaar, A M H P ^b   Witteveen, E ^b   Tripodi, Armando ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International Normalized Ratio; International Sensitivity Index; International Standard; Oral anticoagulant treatment; Thromboplastin

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPLASTIN;

ACCURACY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CALIBRATION; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RABBITS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THROMBOPLASTIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33646797021     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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