Platelet Count and Platelet Stickiness in Rats

O. P. N Grüner; G. K. M Endresen

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1653687

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1971; 26(02): 389-392
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1653687

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Platelet Count and Platelet Stickiness in Rats

O. P. N Grüner

¹Department of Pathology and Haematological Research Laboratory, Dpt. IX, Ullevål Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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G. K. M Endresen

¹Department of Pathology and Haematological Research Laboratory, Dpt. IX, Ullevål Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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Abstract

Summary

In rat, a transected tail vessel proved an adequate source of blood for platelet enumeration. When suspensions of rat blood in ammonium oxalate were rotated for 1 h a significant loss of platelets was observed. This platelet reduction rate (PRR), calculated as per cent of the pre-rotation count, showed individual constancy and inter-individual variance.

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