Pre-analytical and analytical issues in the analysis of blood microparticles

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 396-408

  Yuana, Yuana ^a   Bertina, Rogier M ^a   Osanto, Susanne ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Annexins; Blood products; Microparticles; Proteomics; Tissue factor factor VII

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; LIPOCORTIN 5; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE MICROPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE TRACKING ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLASMA; PLASMA MICROPARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; THROMBOCYTE FREE PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE POOR PLASMA;

ANNEXIN A5; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CELL-DERIVED MICROPARTICLES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOPARTICLES; PLASMA; PROTEOMICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79952513429     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-09-0595     Document Type: Review

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