Performance of the automated and rapid HemosIL D-Dimer HS on the ACL TOP analyzer

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 817-821

  Salvagno, Gian L ^a,d   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Poli, Giovanni ^a   Giavarina, Davide ^b   Manzato, Franco ^c   Guidi, Gian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACL TOP; Coagulation; D dimer; Deep venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURBIDIMETRY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AUTOMATION; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 57149104205     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32830f1bae     Document Type: Article

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