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Clot Retraction: A Miniaturized Hemoretractometer for Blood Clot Retraction Testing (Small 29/2016)

Zida Li1, Xiang Li1, Brendan McCracken2,3

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.

Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|August 2, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
blood coagulationclot retractionminiaturizationpoint-of-care testing

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