A retrospective review of clinical international normalized ratio results and their implications

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1252-1257

  Kassab, Moawia M ^a   Radmer, Thomas W ^a   Glore, James W ^a   Visotcky, Alexis ^b   Robertson, Jared ^a   Degroot, Bradley ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental implant; Extraction; International normalized ratio; Periodontal surgery; Point of care; Prothrombin time; Testing; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055176905     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0109     Document Type: Review

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