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Haematology

Time to think outside the box? Prothrombin time, international normalised ratio, international sensitivity index, mean normal prothrombin time and measurement of uncertainty: a novel approach to standardisation

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Pages 277-287 | Received 27 Dec 2006, Accepted 23 May 2007, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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