Suitability of measurement of swirling as a marker of platelet shape change in concentrates stored for transfusion

Platelets

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 393-396

  Mathai, Jaisy ^a   Resmi, K R ^a   Sulochana, P V ^a   Sathyabhama, S ^a   Saritha, G Baby ^a   Krishnan, Lissy K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Mean platelet volume; Platelet storage; Quality check; Shape change; Swirling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE PRESERVATION; THROMBOCYTE SHAPE; TRANSFUSION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS;

DISCOIDAE;

EID: 33748805211     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537100600757695     Document Type: Article

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