Thrombelastographic measures of clot propagation: A comparison of alpha with the maximum rate of thrombus generation

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-48

  Ellis, Truitt C ^a   Nielsen, Vance G ^a   Marques, Marisa B ^b   Kirklin, James K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Coagulation kinetics; Maximum rate of thrombus generation; Measurement techniques; Thrombelastography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOGENESIS;

BLOOD COAGULATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33845783388     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e3280111a8e     Document Type: Article

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