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Platelet Count measurement

Known as: Number, Platelet, Platelet Number, Blood, Numbers, Platelet 
The determination of the number of platelets in a blood sample, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter (cmm) of whole blood.
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Blood Cell Count

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
A modification of the technique for 51Cr-labelling of blood platelets giving increased circulating platelet radioactivity.
The influence of temperature, pH, incubation medium, and incubation time on the uptake of 51Cr by platelets was studied. The… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Low-dose cyclosporine and mycophenolate mofetil in renal allograft recipients with suboptimal renal function.
BACKGROUND Cyclosporine (CsA) nephrotoxicity can be identified by functional changes and chronic renal damage. CsA-associated… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Febrile reactions to platelet transfusion: the effect of increased interleukin 6 levels in concentrates prepared by the platelet‐rich plasma method
Background: A relation between febrile reactions to platelet transfusion and high cytokine levels in platelet concentrates (PCs… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Increased thromboxane biosynthesis in a human preparation of platelet activation: biochemical and functional consequences of selective inhibition of thromboxane synthase.
Although thromboxane A2 is a potent platelet agonist and vasoconstrictor in vitro, our knowledge of its pathophysiologic… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
A familial hemorrhagic diathesis in a Dutch family: an inherited deficiency of alpha 2-antiplasmin.
This study concerns a case of congenital homozygous deficiency in alpha 2-antiplasmin associated with a severe hemorrhagic… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Platelet storage at 22 degrees C: effect of type of agitation on morphology, viability, and function in vitro
Recovery in vivo after 51Cr labeling, platelet morphology, and platelet aggregation were studied with platelet concentrates (PC… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The interaction of bovine factor VIII with human platelets.
Treatment of human platelets with purified bovine Factor VIII caused three types of aggregation: (a) primary agglutination; (b… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The crystalline yolk-platelet proteins and their soluble plasma precursor in an amphibian, Xenopus laevis.
A single lipophosphoprotein complex, vitellogenin, was isolated and purified from the plasma of oestrogen-stimulated female toads… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Long-term platelet support of patients with aplastic anemia. Effect of splenectomy and steroid therapy.
Abstract Long-term platelet transfusion support was studied in seven patients with aplastic anemia. All patients became… 
Highly Cited
1947
Highly Cited
1947
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Background: Little is known about patients who frequently visit the emergency department (ED) for acute exacerbation of chronic…