Is the activated partial thromboplastin time suitable to screen for von Willebrand factor deficiencies?

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-364

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Franchini, Massimo ^b   Poli, Giovanni ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated partial thromboplastin time; Bleeding; Haemorrhage; Screening; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12 DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHILD; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 34247881938     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32810fd872     Document Type: Article

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