DOI: 10.1055/s-00000077

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Issue 02 · Volume 40 · March 2014 DOI: 10.1055/s-004-26544 Quality in Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Part III Guest Editors, Emmanuel J. Favaloro, PhD, FFSc (RCPA), Giuseppe Lippi, MD, and Mario Plebani, MD.

In Memoriam

  • 137
    Harris, E. Nigel; Willis, Rohan:

    Silvia Pierangeli, PhD (1955–2013)

    • Preface

  • 140
    Favaloro, Emmanuel J.; Lippi, Giuseppe; Plebani, Mario:

    Quality in Hemostasis and Thrombosis — Part III

    • Editorial Focus

  • 146
    Othman, Maha; Emsley, Jonas:

    Platelet-Type von Willebrand Disease: Toward an Improved Understanding of the “Sticky Situation”

    • In Focus Article

  • 151
    Woods, Adriana I.; Sanchez-Luceros, Analia; Bermejo, Emilse; Paiva, Juvenal; Alberto, Maria F.; Grosso, Silvia H.; Kempfer, Ana C.; Lazzari, Maria A.:

    Identification of p.W246L As a Novel Mutation in the GP1BA Gene Responsible for Platelet-Type von Willebrand Disease

    • Editorial Focus

  • 161
    Favaloro, Emmanuel J.; Plebani, Mario; Lippi, Giuseppe:

    Standardization and Harmonization of Antiphospholipid Antibody Assays

    • In Focus Article

  • 163
    Moore, Gary W.:

    Recent Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Detection of Lupus Anticoagulants

    Open Access
  • 172
    Willis, Rohan; Lakos, Gabriella; Harris, E. Nigel:

    Standardization of Antiphospholipid Antibody Testing—Historical Perspectives and Ongoing Initiatives

  • 178
    Lippi, Giuseppe; Plebani, Mario; Favaloro, Emmanuel J.:

    Technological Advances in the Hemostasis Laboratory

  • 186
    Marlar, Richard A.; Gausman, Jana N.; Engel, James W.:

    Validation of Hemostasis and Coagulation Assays: Recommendations and Guidelines

  • 195
    Kottke-Marchant, Kandice:

    Algorithmic Approaches to Hemostasis Testing

  • 205
    Thelwell, Craig:

    Biological Standards for Potency Assignment to Fibrinolytic Agents Used in Thrombolytic Therapy

  • 214
    McEwen, Bradley J.:

    The Influence of Diet and Nutrients on Platelet Function

  • 227
    Franchini, Massimo; Capuzzo, Enrico; Turdo, Rosalia; Glingani, Claudia:

    Quality of Transfusion Products in Blood Banking

  • 232
    Hsu, Peihong; Zantek, Nicole D.; Meijer, Piet; Hayward, Catherine P. M.; Brody, Judith; Zhang, Xinmin; Smock, Kristi J.; Van Cott, Elizabeth M.:

    Factor XIII Assays and Associated Problems for Laboratory Diagnosis of Factor XIII Deficiency: An Analysis of International Proficiency Testing Results

  • 239
    Favaloro, Emmanuel J.; Bonar, Roslyn:

    External Quality Assessment/Proficiency Testing and Internal Quality Control for the PFA-100 and PFA-200: An Update

  • 254
    Smock, Kristi J.; Ledford-Kraemer, Marlies R.; Meijer, Piet; Hsu, Peihong; Van Cott, Elizabeth M.:

    Proficiency Testing Results for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in North America

  • 261
    Perry, David J.; Cumming, Tony; Goodeve, Anne; Hill, Marian; Jennings, Ian; Kitchen, Steven; Walker, Isobel:

    The UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Heritable Bleeding Disorders

    • Letter to the Editor

  • 269
    Messori, Andrea; Fadda, Valeria; Maratea, Dario; Trippoli, Sabrina:

    Rates of Inhibitor Development in Previously Untreated Patients with Severe Hemophilia A Treated with Plasma-Derived or Recombinant Factor VIII: No Proof of Difference or Proof of No Difference?

  • 271
    Franchini, Massimo; Mengoli, Carlo:

    Response to “Rates of Inhibitor Development in Previously Untreated Patients with Severe Hemophilia A Treated with Plasma-Derived or Recombinant Factor VIII: No Proof of Difference or Proof of No Difference?”

  • 273
    Ruiz-Arguelles, Guillermo J.:

    Comment on Sticky Platelet Syndrome

  • 274
    Kubisz, Peter:

    Response to “Comment on Sticky Platelet Syndrome”