Microaggregates and the Optical Shape Change Analysis of Platelets

H Patscheke

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1650165

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1981; 45(02): 191
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1650165

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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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