Hemostasis Test Validation, Performance, and Reference Intervals: International Recommendations and Guidelines

Quality in Laboratory Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 12-21

  Marlar, Richard A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Coagulation assay; Hemostasis assay; Normal range; Precision; Reference interval; Sensitivity; Specificity; Test validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886957116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118543467.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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