ISTH/SSC lupus anticoagulant testing guidelines: How far have these been adopted by laboratories?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2117-2119

  Jennings, I ^a   Kitchen, S ^a   Kitchen, D P ^a   Woods, T A L ^a   Walker, I D ^a  

^a UK NEQAS Blood Coagulation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11 DEFICIENCY; DATA ANALYSIS; DILUTE RUSSELL VIPER VENOM TIME; DRUG SCREENING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE;

GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR;

EID: 80053425517     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04448.x     Document Type: Letter

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