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Thromb Haemost 1973; 30(01): 036-046
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1649100
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Leucocytes and Thrombosis

I. A Simple Test of Leucocyte Behaviour
D.C Banks
1   Department of Medicine, University of Nottingham, England
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J.R.A Mitchell
1   Department of Medicine, University of Nottingham, England
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Received for publication 11 April 1973

Accepted for publication 06 June 1973

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30 June 2018 (online)

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Summary

When heparinised blood is rotated in a glass flask at 37°C. the white cell count falls and it has been shown that this is due to the adherence and aggregation of polymorphonuclear white cells on the wall of the flask. The masses formed bear a close structural resemblance to thrombi and the mechanisms involved in white cell loss during rotation may therefore increase our knowledge of the thrombotic process.

 

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