Thromb Haemost 1985; 54(02): 547
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1657894
Letter to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Does Arterial Rather than Venous Plasma Beta-Thromboglobulin Better Reflect In Vivo Platelet Release Reaction?

K Lande
1   Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Medical Outpatient Clinic, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0407 Oslo 4, Norway
,
K Gjesdal
1   Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Medical Outpatient Clinic, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0407 Oslo 4, Norway
,
I Os
1   Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Medical Outpatient Clinic, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0407 Oslo 4, Norway
,
S E Kjeldsen
1   Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Medical Outpatient Clinic, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0407 Oslo 4, Norway
,
I Eide
1   Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Medical Outpatient Clinic, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0407 Oslo 4, Norway
,
A Westheim
1   Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Medical Outpatient Clinic, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0407 Oslo 4, Norway
,
I Hjermann
1   Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Physiology and Medical Outpatient Clinic, Ullevål Hospital, University of Oslo, N-0407 Oslo 4, Norway
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Further Information

Publication History

Received 06 December 1984

Accepted 09 February 1985

Publication Date:
18 July 2018 (online)

 
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