Morphological and ultrastructural changes of platelet concentrates stored in PVC bags

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 105, Issue FEB., 1997, Pages 77-84

  Krishnan, Lissy K ^a   Sulochana, P V ^a   Mathai, Jaisy ^a   John, Annie ^a   Sivakumar, R ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Discoid; Morphology score; Platelets; Spherical; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; PSEUDOPODIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THROMBOCYTE PRESERVATION; THROMBOCYTE SHAPE; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE;

BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0031038606     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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