Spontaneous platelet aggregation in Kawasaki disease using the particle counting method

Pediatrics International

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 649-652

  Taki, Masashi ^a   Kobayashi, Miwako ^a   Ohi, Chiai ^a   Shimizu, Hironobu ^a   Goto, Kenjiro ^a   Aso, Kentaro ^a   Murano, Kotaro ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kawasaki disease; Optical density method; Particle counting method; Spontaneous platelet aggregation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGONIST; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 1642562711     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2003.01810.x     Document Type: Article

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