Quantitative impact of using different criteria for the laboratory diagnosis of type 1 von Willebrand disease

Laboratory diagnosis of von Willebrand disease.

Over the last decade, considerable progress has been made in the laboratory diagnosis of VWD. Precise, sensitive and automated VWF:Ag assays became widely available. The VWF:RCo performance was improved to a certain degree. However, the sensitivity, precision and general availability of automated applications is not yet optimal. Nevertheless, this type of assay is still recognized as superior t...

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...

the impact of using inspirational quotes on abstract vocabulary recall

the present study is an attempt to investigate the potential impact of inspirational quotes on improving english abstract vocabulary recall. to achieve this goal, a multiple choice language proficiency test of 60 items including vocabulary and grammar component was administered to a sample of 63 second-semester male and female students whose age ranged between 17 to 22 and they were studying en...

Laboratory evaluation of von Willebrand disease.

Performance and clinical utility of a commercial von Willebrand factor collagen binding assay for laboratory diagnosis of von Willebrand disease.

BACKGROUND Von Willebrand disease (VWD) diagnosis and classification usually require a combination of nonspecific and VW-factor (VWF)-specific assays. We evaluated the analytical performance of a commercially available collagen-binding assay (CBA) and its usefulness in conjunction with other assays for laboratory diagnosis of VWD. METHODS We used a commercial CBA ELISA (Life Technologies) to ...