Platelet aggregation and adenosine triphosphate secretion after laparotomy

M Hayashi1

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 2-1-50, Minami-Koshigaya, Koshigaya-shi, Saitama 343-8555, Japan. mhayashi@lilac.plala.or.jp

Journal of Medicine
|February 23, 2007
PubMed

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