Harmonisation of D-dimer - A call for action

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2016, Pages 219-220

  Longstaff, Colin ^a   Adcock, Dorothy ^b   Olson, John D ^c   Jennings, Ian ^d   Kitchen, Steve ^d   Mutch, Nicola ^e   Meijer, Piet ^f,g   Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^h   Lippi, Giuseppe ⁱ   Thachil, Jecko ^j  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme (UKNEQAS) for Blood Coagulation   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^f ECAT Foundation (External Quality Control for Assays and Tests)   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ Academic Hospital of Parma   (Italy)

^j MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; FIBRIN FRAGMENT D;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CONSENSUS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBRINOGEN METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOASSAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84951940338     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2015.11.031     Document Type: Letter

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