Diagnosis of mild platelet function disorders. Reliability and usefulness of light transmission platelet aggregation and serotonin secretion assays

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 729-736

  Quiroga, Teresa ^a   Goycoolea, Manuela ^a   Matus, Valeria ^b   Zúñiga, Pamela ^c   Martínez, Carlos ^a   Garrido, Marcelo ^b   Aranda, Eduardo ^b   Leighton, Federico ^c   Panes, Olga ^b   Pereira, Jaime ^b   Mezzano, Diego ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c School of Medicine

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Platelet aggregation assay; Platelet secretion assay; Reproducibility; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEREDITARY MUCOCUTANEOUS BLEEDING; HUMAN; LIGHT TRANSMISSION PLATELET AGGREGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE RELEASE REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPATHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTONIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449334541     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07890.x     Document Type: Article

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