Clinically needed sensitivity for very low levels of Factor XIII: Not yet proven for a new functional assay

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1753-1754

  Meijer, Piet ^a  

^a ECAT Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

activity assay; Factor XIII; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13;

ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; FACTOR XIII; FACTOR XIII DEFICIENCY; HUMANS;

EID: 80054915318     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.649     Document Type: Letter

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