ACT | Activated clotting time |
ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
AHA | Acquired haemophilia A |
aPTT | Activated partial thromboplastin time |
AUC | Area under the curve |
AvWS | Acquired von Willebrand syndrome |
BU | Bethesda unit |
CEM | Clot elastic modulus |
CHAMP | CDC Hemophilia A Mutation Project |
CHBMP | CDC Hemophilia B Mutation Project |
CR | Clot rate |
DIC | Disseminated intravascular coagulation |
dRVVT | Diluted Russell viper venom time |
dNTPs | Deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates |
ddNTPs | Dideoxynucleotides |
ED | Exposure day |
ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
ETP | Endogenous thrombin potential |
F | Factor |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FIIa | Activated FII |
FIX CD | FIX congenital deficiency |
FV | FV congenital deficiency |
FVII CD | FVII congenital deficiency |
FVIII CD | FVIII congenital deficiency |
FX CD | FX congenital deficiency |
FXI CD | FXI congenital deficiency |
FXII CD | FXII congenital deficiency |
FXIII-A | FXIII subunit A |
FXIII-B | FXIII subunit B |
FXIII CD | FXIII congenital deficiency |
GIDH | Glutamate dehydrogenase |
GP | Glycoprotein |
GT | Glanzmann's thrombasthenia |
HA | Haemophilia A |
HB | Haemophilia B |
HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
HIS | Heparin Insensitive |
HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
HLA | Human leucocyte antigen |
HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
HMWK | High molecular weight kininogen |
HwI | Haemophilia with inhibitors |
Ig | Immunoglobulins |
INR | International normalised ratio |
ISI | International sensitivity index |
ISTH | International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis |
ITGA2B | Integrin subunit alpha 2b |
ITGB3 | Integrin subunit beta 3 |
K | Clot formation time |
KCT | Kaolin clotting time |
LA | Lupus anticoagulant |
LTA | Light transmission aggregometry |
MA | Maximal clot firmness |
MASAC | Medical and Scientific Advisory Council |
MNPT | Mean normal prothrombin time |
NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
PA | Peak amplitude |
PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
PCF | Platelet contractile force |
PF3 | Platelet factor 3 |
PFA | Platelet function analysis |
PIVKA | Protein induced by vitamin K absence/antagonist-II |
PK | Plasma kallikrein |
PLPs | Phospholipids |
pNA | para-nitroaniline |
PNP | Platelet neutralisation procedure |
PPP | Platelet-poor plasma |
PRP | Platelet-rich plasma |
PT | Prothrombin time |
R | Clotting time |
Rco | Ristocetin cofactor |
ROTEG | Rotational thromboelastography |
ROTEM | Rotational thromboelastometry |
RTF | Recombinant tissue factor |
RUO | Research use only |
RVV | Russel viper venom |
RVVT | Russel viper venom time |
SCT | Sonoclot analysis |
SCT | Silica clotting time |
TAFI | Thrombin-activatable Fibrinolysis inhibitor |
sTF | Soluble tissue factor |
TF | Tissue factor |
TFPI | Tissue factor pathway inhibitor |
TEG | Thromboelastography |
TEM | Thromboelastometry |
TGA | Thrombin generation assay |
TGT | Thrombin generation time |
TRAP | Thrombin receptor activating peptide |
vW | von Willebrand |
vWD | von Willebrand disease |
vWF | von Willebrand factor |
WFH | World Federation of Hemophilia |
WHO | World Health Organisation |