Evaluation of prolonged aPTT values in the pediatric population

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-353

  Shah, Mona D ^a,b   O'Riordan, Mary Ann ^a   Alexander, Sarah W ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; RISTOCETIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646868601     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500407     Document Type: Review

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