Does prematurity affect platelet indices?

Advances in Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-255

  Wasiluk, A ^a   Osada, J ^a   Dabrowska M ^a   Szczepanski M ^a   Jasinska, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Platelet indices; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE KINETICS; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTES; PLATELET COUNT; SEX FACTORS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 74949131899     PISSN: 18961126     EISSN: 18984002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10039-009-0034-3     Document Type: Article

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