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Point-of-Care INR Measurement in Children Requiring Warfarin: What has been Evaluated and Future Directions

Mary E Bauman1 Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, 8440 112 Street, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada Tel.: +1 780 407 1070; Fax.: +1 780 407 1787; E-mail: [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Sherril Conroy2 Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaView further author information
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M Patricia Massicotte1 Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta, 8440 112 Street, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2B7, Canada Tel.: +1 780 407 1070; Fax.: +1 780 407 1787; E-mail: [email protected];3 [email protected]View further author information
Pages 651-659 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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