DOI: 10.1055/s-00000077

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Issue 07 · Volume 34 · October 2008 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-14447 Laboratory Diagnostics in Thrombosis and Hemostasis: The Past, the Present, and the Future Emmanuel J Favaloro Ph.D. M.A.I.M.S. Giuseppe Lippi M.D. Massimo Franchini M.D.

PREFACE

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Favaloro, Emmanuel J.; Lippi, Giuseppe; Franchini, Massimo: Laboratory Diagnostics in Thrombosis and Hemostasis: The Past, the Present, and the Future

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Tripodi, Armando: The History of Phenotypic Testing in Thrombosis and Hemostasis
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Favaloro, Emmanuel J.; Adcock, Dorothy M.: Standardization of the INR: How Good Is Your Laboratory's INR and Can It Be Improved?
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Lippi, Giuseppe; Favaloro, Emmanuel J.: Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time: New Tricks for an Old Dogma
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Favaloro, Emmanuel J.; Lippi, Giuseppe; Adcock, Dorothy M.: Preanalytical and Postanalytical Variables: The Leading Causes of Diagnostic Error in Hemostasis?
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Banfi, Giuseppe; Del Fabbro, Massimo: Biological Variation in Tests of Hemostasis
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Plebani, Mario; Sanzari, Maria Colomba; Zardo, Lorena: Quality Control in Coagulation Testing
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Kitchen, Dianne P.; Kitchen, Steve; Jennings, Ian; Woods, Tim; Walker, Isobel: Quality Assessment in Point-of-Care Coagulation Testing
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Pereira, Jaime; Quiroga, Teresa; Mezzano, Diego: Laboratory Assessment of Familial, Nonthrombocytopenic Mucocutaneous Bleeding: A Definitive Diagnosis Is Often Not Possible
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Franchini, Massimo; Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio: Von Willebrand Factor: Another Janus-Faced Hemostasis Protein
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Berntorp, Erik; Salvagno, Gian Luca: Standardization and Clinical Utility of Thrombin-Generation Assays
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Enjeti, Anoop K.; Lincz, Lisa F.; Seldon, Michael: Microparticles in Health and Disease