Is Soluble P-selectin Determination a More Reliable Marker of In Vivo Platelet Activation than CD62P Flow Cytometric Analysis?

Patrizia Ferroni; Fabio M. Pulcinelli; Luisa Lenti; Pier Paolo Gazzaniga

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1614504

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 1999; 81(03): 472-473
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1614504

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Is Soluble P-selectin Determination a More Reliable Marker of In Vivo Platelet Activation than CD62P Flow Cytometric Analysis?

Patrizia Ferroni

¹From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

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Fabio M. Pulcinelli

¹From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

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Luisa Lenti

¹From the Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy

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Pier Paolo Gazzaniga

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