Long-term stability of frozen pooled plasmas stored at - 70 C, - 40 C, and - 20 C for prothrombin time and International Normalized Ratio (INR) assessment

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 349-351

  Van Den Besselaar, Anton M H P ^a   Witteveen, Evelina ^a   Van Der Meer, Felix J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calibration; Frozen plasma; International Normalized Ratio; Long term Stability; Prothrombin Time; Quality Assessment

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT THROMBOPLASTIN; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PLASMA; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84875718133     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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