Platelet distribution width: A simple, practical and specific marker of activation of coagulation

Hippokratia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-32

  Vagdatli, E ^a   Gounari, E ^a   Lazaridou, E ^a   Katsibourlia, E ^b   Tsikopoulou, F ^c   Labrianou, I ^d  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Hematology Laboratory   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d General Hospital of Florina   (Greece)

Author keywords

Platelet activation; Platelet distribution width

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSEUDOPODIUM; SWELLING; TECHNOLOGY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME;

EID: 75449083807     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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