Stability of coagulation assays performed in plasma from citrated whole blood transported at ambient temperature: Only a part of the story

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1122-1123

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; FIBRINOGEN; RISTOCETIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD STORAGE; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THROMBOPHILIA;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CITRATES; HUMANS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44949155310     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-02-0090     Document Type: Letter

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