Diagnostic usefulness of a lumi-aggregometer adenosine triphosphate release assay for the assessment of platelet function disorders

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Pai, Menaka ^a,b   Wang, Grace ^a,c   Moffat, Karen A ^a,b   Liu, Yang ^a,c   Seecharan, Jodi ^b   Webert, Kathryn ^a,b,c   Heddle, Nancy ^a,b,c   Hayward, Catherine ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inherited platelet disorders; Light transmission aggregometry; Platelet dense granule release; Platelet function

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENALIN; ARACHIDONIC ACID; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052676648     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP9IPR1TFLUAGM     Document Type: Article

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