Effects of a pneumatic tube system on routine and novel hematology and coagulation parameters in healthy volunteers

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-296

  Kratz, Alexander ^a,b   Salem, Raneem O ^a   Van Cott, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MALE;

EID: 33847000181     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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