Assays of different aspects of haemostasis - what do they measure?

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tynngård, Nahreen ^a   Lindahl, Tomas L ^a   Ramström, Sofia ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Coagulation assays; Haemostasis; Platelet function testing; Platelets

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMOSTASIS; REVIEW; THROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION ANALYZER; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84924116850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12959-015-0036-2     Document Type: Review

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