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Increased coagulation and fibrinolytic potential of solvent-detergent plasma: a comparative study between Omniplasma

J J B C van Beers1, L T van Egmond1, R J H Wetzels1

  • 1Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Cluster for Hemostasis and Transfusion, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Vox Sanguinis
|March 2, 2016
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Omniplasmaquarantine plasmasolvent-detergent plasma

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