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The aim of this Assay Manual is to provide the routine laboratory with information on the quantitation of a number of key variables within the haemostatic system. Only via harmonization, or if possible standardization, establishment of quality assessment schemes, and performing ‘good laboratory practice’ can the routine laboratory provide ‘good medical service’. Besides the specific description of the methods of assay, these important aspects are dealt with in depth in the chapters at the beginning of the book, including an extensive description of sampling procedure.
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Gram, J., Jespersen, J. (1999). Introduction to laboratory assays in haemostasis and thrombosis. In: Jespersen, J., Bertina, R.M., Haverkate, F. (eds) Laboratory Techniques in Thrombosis — a Manual. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4722-4_1
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