Coagulation testing in pediatric patients: The young are not just miniature adults

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 816-820

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Franchini, Massimo ^b   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coagulation testing; Hemorrhages; Hemostasis; Pediatrics; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HEPARIN; RISTOCETIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HEMOSTATIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 38549146924     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000373     Document Type: Review

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