Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein-phosphorylation assay in patients on clopidogrel: Does standardisation matter?

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 538-544

  Freynhofer, Matthias K ^a,b   Bruno, Veronika ^a   Willheim, Martin ^a   Hübl, Wolfgang ^a   Wojta, Johann ^b,c   Huber, Kurt ^a,b  

^a WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Platelets; Thienopyridines; VASP P assay

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLATELET REACTIVITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION ASSAY;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL SEPARATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TICLOPIDINE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84857749223     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-09-0623     Document Type: Article

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