Screening coagulation testing using the APTT: Which reagent to choose?

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 726-

  Dembitzer, Francine R ^a   Suarez, Yvelisse ^a   Aledort, Louis M ^a   Peerschke, Ellinor I B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(4-AMINO-1,4-DIHYDRO-3-(2-PYRIDYL)-5-THIOXO-1,2,4-TRIAZOLE)COPPER(II); LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 77956459369     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21780     Document Type: Article

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