Thromb Haemost 1992; 67(06): 727
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648533
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Effect of Method of Loading Aequorin on Measurement of Platelet Cytoplasmic Calcium Concentration

J Anthony Ware
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Publication History

Received 02 January 1992

Accepted after revision 24 January 1992

Publication Date:
03 July 2018 (online)

 
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