Direct Evidence that High Dose Intravenous Gammaglobulin Blocks Splenic and Hepatic Sequestration of 51Cr-Labeled Platelets in ITP

Massimo Morfini; Alessandro M Vannucchi; Alberto Grossi; Sandro Cinotti; Daniela Rafanelli; Pierluigi Rossi Ferrini

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1657901

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1985; 54(02): 554
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657901

Letter to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Direct Evidence that High Dose Intravenous Gammaglobulin Blocks Splenic and Hepatic Sequestration of ⁵¹Cr-Labeled Platelets in ITP

Massimo Morfini

Department of Haematology, University and USL 10/D, 50100 Florence, Italy

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Alessandro M Vannucchi

Department of Haematology, University and USL 10/D, 50100 Florence, Italy

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Alberto Grossi

Department of Haematology, University and USL 10/D, 50100 Florence, Italy

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Sandro Cinotti

Department of Haematology, University and USL 10/D, 50100 Florence, Italy

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Daniela Rafanelli

Department of Haematology, University and USL 10/D, 50100 Florence, Italy

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Pierluigi Rossi Ferrini

Department of Haematology, University and USL 10/D, 50100 Florence, Italy

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