Laboratory D-dimer measurement: Improved agreement between methods through calibration

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1127-1135

  Jennings, Ian ^a   Woods, Timothy A L ^a   Kitchen, Dianne P ^a   Kitchen, Steve ^a   Walker, Isobel D ^a  

^a United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme (UKNEQAS) for Blood Coagulation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D dimer; DVT; Harmonisation

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 36048943413     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613742     Document Type: Article

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