Evaluation and performance characteristics of the coagulation system: ACL TOP analyzer - HemosIL reagents

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-35

  Milos, M ^a   Herak, D ^a   Kuric, L ^b   Horvat, I ^b   Zadro, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

ACL TOP; Coagulation analyzer; Evaluation; HemosIL reagents

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN C; REAGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58449134379     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2007.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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