Changes in the immature platelet fraction within ageing platelet concentrates

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2213-2215

  Albanyan, A ^a,b   Murphy, M F ^b   Wilcock, M ^b   Harrison, Paul ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; APHERESIS; CELL AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMATURE PLATELET FRACTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA DEGRADATION; SHELF LIFE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE METABOLISM; THROMBOCYTE PRESERVATION; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME;

BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56749107406     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03163.x     Document Type: Letter

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