Effect of low concentrations of prostacyclin on platelet function in vitro

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-346

  Van Heerden, P V ^a   Gibbs, N M ^a   Michalopoulos, N ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coagulation: platelets, prostacyclin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; COLLAGEN; PROSTACYCLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0030765170     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9702500402     Document Type: Article

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