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RELATION OF STORAGE TO THE FUNCTION AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES OF TRANSFUSED SURVIVING HUMAN PLATELETS IN

S A JOHNSON, T J GREENWALT, S B ARNAUD

    Bibliotheca Haematologica
    |January 1, 1964
    PubMed
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    Keywords:
    ADENINEBLOOD CELL COUNTBLOOD PLATELETSBLOOD PRESERVATIONBLOOD TRANSFUSIONMICROSCOPY, ELECTRONTHROMBOPENIA

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