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Changing patterns of transfusion practice in a tertiary care hospital from 1977 to 1984
Patterns of blood transfusion practice over an eight-year-period (1977–1984) are described. Use of blood and blood products increased annually as did the number of patients crossmatched and transfused. Program...
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Platelet-Surface Glycoproteins in Healthy and Preeclamptic Mothers and Their Newborn Infants
Preeclampsia, a common complication of pregnancy, contributes significantly to maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. It may lead to both quantitative and qualitative defects of maternal and neonatal plat...
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The Relationship of von Willebrand Factor Binding to Activated Platelets from Healthy Neonates and Adults
von Willebrand Factor (VWF) is important in platelet adhesion and shear-dependent platelet activation. We performed flow cytometric analyses of VWF binding to and activation of platelets from healthy neonates,...
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Markers of platelet apoptosis: methodology and applications
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a physiological mechanism that serves for controlled deletion of damaged cells. While long attributed exclusively to nucleated cells, over recent years it has been recog...