Gel point and fractal microstructure of incipient blood clots are significant new markers of hemostasis for healthy and anticoagulated blood

Blood

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 3341-3346

  Evans, Phillip A ^a,b   Hawkins, Karl ^a   Morris, Roger H K ^c   Thirumalai, Naresh ^b   Munro, Roger ^b   Wakeman, Lisa ^b   Lawrence, Matthew J ^a,b   Williams, P Rhodri ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 77956169533     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-02-269324     Document Type: Article

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