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Thromb Haemost 1993; 70(02): 372
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649584
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

International Sensitivity or Insensitivity Indexes for Calibrating Working Methods against a Reference Procedure

Thomas Exner
1   Westmead Hospital, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
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Rene Dybkaer
Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark
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Received 10 November 1992

Accepted after revision 22 February 1993

Publication Date:
04 September 2018 (online)

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