Antiphospholipid syndrome patients: The performance of Coagucheck XS in the monitoring of Vitamin K-Antagonists

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Barcellona, Doris ^a   Fenu, Lara ^a   Vannini, Maria Luigia ^a   Piras, Maria ^a   Marongiu, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COUMARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN K;

EID: 84858339638     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2012.01.011     Document Type: Letter

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