Discard tubes are sometimes necessary when drawing samples for hemostasis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 851-

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEMOSTASIS; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TUBE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PHLEBOTOMY;

HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 78049506748     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP9HIFFC6FWKYF     Document Type: Letter

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