Performance and utility of a cost-effective collagen-binding assay for the laboratory diagnosis of Von Willebrand disease

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1068-1072

  Meiring, Muriel ^a   Badenhorst, Philip N ^a   Kelderman, Mareli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collagen binding assay; Von Willebrand disease; Von Willebrand disorder; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 3; RISTOCETIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN TYPE III; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 34548775941     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.188     Document Type: Article

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