The Regulation of Hemostasis: The Protein C System
We speak very frequently of the normal clotting time. In a glass tube?... Glass tubes have held the center of the stage for quite a long time but the process of clotting is now observed in plastic vessels and a considerably longer period of time is required than when glass is used... If the same blo...
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Published in | The New England journal of medicine Vol. 314; no. 20; pp. 1298 - 1304 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Boston, MA
Massachusetts Medical Society
15.05.1986
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Summary: | We speak very frequently of the normal clotting time. In a glass tube?... Glass tubes have held the center of the stage for quite a long time but the process of clotting is now observed in plastic vessels and a considerably longer period of time is required than when glass is used... If the same blood were kept outside the body in a test tube made from a vein or artery it would take a very long time to clot.
— Charles H. Best, 1948
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EXTENSIVE investigation into the mechanisms of blood clotting has yielded substantial insights into the process . . . |
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM198605153142006 |