Using the laboratory to predict recurrent venous thrombosis

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-342

  Baglin, Trevor ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D dimer; Endogenous thrombin potential (ETP); Thrombin generation; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; THROMBIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MUTATION; RECURRENCE; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79959545428     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2011.01345.x     Document Type: Review

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