Testing for inherited platelet defects in clinical laboratories in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Results of a survey carried out by the Permanent Paediatric Group of the German Thrombosis and Haemostasis Research Society (GTH)

Platelets

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 470-478

  Streif, W ^a   Martin, Olivieri ^b   Stefan, Weickardt ^c   Wolfgang, Eberl ^d   Ralf, Knoefler ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d Braunschweig Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood platelet disorders; Data collection; Platelet function tests; Platelets; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COLLAGEN; RISTOCETIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOSIS;

AUSTRIA; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77955893209     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2010.482163     Document Type: Article

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