Dishomogeneous separation of citrated plasma in primary collection tubes for routine coagulation testing

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-332

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Bassi, Antonella ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Poli, Giovanni ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN;

BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHLEBOTOMY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CITRATES; HUMANS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 43449123060     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328300c825     Document Type: Letter

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