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Thromb Haemost 1981; 45(02): 191
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650165
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Microaggregates and the Optical Shape Change Analysis of Platelets

H Patscheke
Abt. für Immunologie und Serologie am Inst. für Hygiene und medizinische Mikrobiologie, Klinikum Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, D6, 5, D-6800 Mannheim, W-Germany
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Received 05 February 1981

Accepted 23 February 1981

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05 July 2018 (online)

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