The PFA-100® does not predict delta-granule platelet storage pool deficiencies

Haemophilia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 626-629

  Sladky, J L ^a   Klima, J ^b   Grooms, L ^c   Kerlin, B A ^a,b,c   O'Brien, S H ^a,b,c  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta granule platelet storage pool deficiencies; Paediatric; PFA 100 ; Platelet function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA GRANULE PLATELET STORAGE POOL DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; ORAL BLEEDING; PLATELET FUNCTION ANALYZER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BRUISING; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84860007854     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: 13652516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2011.02733.x     Document Type: Article

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