Von Willebrand factor cleaving protease (ADAMTS-13) activity is stable in a set of plasma samples after prolonged storage at - 80°C [1]

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 443-445

  Perutelli, Paolo ^a   Amato, Stefano ^a   Calevo, Maria G ^a   Molinari, Angelo C ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR CLEAVING PROTEINASE;

BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAM PROTEINS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 23944466442     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2005.03.002     Document Type: Letter

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