Comparison of samples obtained from 3.2% sodium citrate glass and two 3.2% sodium citrate plastic blood collection tubes used in coagulation testing

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 843-848

  Gosselin, Robert C ^a   Janatpour, Kim ^a   Larkin, Edward C ^a   Lee, Yanlap P ^a   Owings, John T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation testing; Glass tubes; Plastic tubes

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 13; CITRATE SODIUM; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SAMPLING; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME;

EID: 9644279422     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/7V2KP1HP9Q29BMN2     Document Type: Article

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