Influence of primary sample mixing on routine coagulation testing [2]

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 709-711

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY CONTROL; RANK SUM TEST; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; TUBE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CITRIC ACID; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34748881826     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32828621a0     Document Type: Letter

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