Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2012; 107(06): 1185-1187
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-07-0509

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Correlation between platelet-derived microparticle enumeration by flow cytometry and phospholipid-dependent procoagulant activity in microparticles: The centrifugation step matters!

Jérémie Stagnara^*

¹INSERM, UMR1098, Besançon Cedex, France

²Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

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Francine Garnache Ottou

¹INSERM, UMR1098, Besançon Cedex, France

²Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

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Fanny Angelot

¹INSERM, UMR1098, Besançon Cedex, France

²Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

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Guillaume Mourey

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

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Estelle Seilles

¹INSERM, UMR1098, Besançon Cedex, France

²Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

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Sabéha Biichlé

¹INSERM, UMR1098, Besançon Cedex, France

²Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

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Philippe Saas

¹INSERM, UMR1098, Besançon Cedex, France

²Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

⁴CHU Besançon, Centre d’Investigation Clinique intégré en Biothérapies, CBT506, Besançon Cedex, France

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Evelyne Racadot

²Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Cedex, France

³EFS Bourgogne Franche-Comté, laboratoires d’hémostase, cytologie, plateforme de biomonitoring, Besançon Cedex, France

› Author Affiliations

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