Relationship between thrombin generation and international normalized ratio in patients receiving oral vitamin K antagonist therapy [1]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1552-1569

  Altman, Raúl ^a,b   Scazziota, A ^a,b   Herrera, L ^a,b   Gonzalez C ^c  

^a Centro de Trombosis de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; RECOMBINANT THROMBOPLASTIN; THROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; WARFARIN;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34250752266     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02606.x     Document Type: Letter

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