Increased platelet adhesion under flow conditions is induced by both thalassemic platelets and red blood cells

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 864-870

  Goldschmidt, Neta ^a   Spectre, Galia ^a   Brill, Alexander ^a   Zelig, Orly ^a   Goldfarb, Ada ^a   Rachmilewitz, Eliezer ^b   Varon, David ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Adhesion; Aggregation; Platelets; Red blood cells; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD FLOW; CELL SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET ADHESIVENESS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET FUNCTION TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; SPLENECTOMY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549100633     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH08-03-0157     Document Type: Article

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