Assessing agreement between point of care and pathology laboratory results for INR: Experiences from the Point of Care Testing in General Practice Trial

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Yelland, Lisa N ^a   Gialamas, Angela ^a   Laurence, Caroline O ^a   Willson, Kristyn J ^a   Ryan, Philip ^a   Beilby, Justin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agreement; Anticoagulant therapy; General practice; International normalised ratio; Point of care testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649134951     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313020903494045     Document Type: Article

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