F long-term popularity as the bleeding time (BT). Although the BT is useful for investigating the process of hemostasis, there are only four clinical reasons to use it: (1) to screen patients before invasive procedures; (2) to determine a cause for ongoing bleeding; (3) to explain previous
To the Editor: attention this review brings to an important clinical problem is most welcome. However, the reader may be misled in certain respects. Unfortunately, Lind did not distinguish between our own meta-analytical We noted with interest the appearance of Lind's review concerning the bleeding time, appearing in a recent issue.' The added
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