Current methods of assessing platelet function: Relevance to transfusion medicine

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 153-163

  Cardigan, Rebecca ^a   Turner, Craig ^b   Harrison, Paul ^b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Platelet concentrate; Platelet function; Platelets; Test; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

PROCOAGULANT; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD CLOT RETRACTION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEVICE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOSTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLATELET ADHESIVENESS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

EID: 17144371883     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2005.00618.x     Document Type: Review

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