Laboratory performance in the World Federation of Hemophilia EQA programme, 2003-2008

Haemophilia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 571-577

  Jennings, I ^a   Kitchen, D P ^a   Woods, T A L ^a   Kitchen, S ^a   Walker, I D ^a   Preston, F E ^a  

^a Rutledge Mews   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemophilia; Laboratory diagnosis; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CLOTTING AND BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EXERCISE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST;

FACTOR IX; FACTOR VIII; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 63349099787     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2008.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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