Thromb Haemost 2014; 111(06): 1184-1186
DOI: 10.1160/TH13-08-0704
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Phosphatidylserine exposure, microparticle formation and mitochondrial depolarisation in Glanzmann thrombasthenia platelets

Hong Wang
1   Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
,
K. W. Annie Bang
2   Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
,
Victor S. Blanchette
3   Division of Haematology/ Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
4   Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Canada
,
Alan T. Nurden
5   Plateforme Technologique et d’Innovation Biomédicale, Hôpital Xavier Arnozan, Pessac, France
,
Margaret L. Rand
1   Physiology and Experimental Medicine Program, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
3   Division of Haematology/ Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
6   Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Canada
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Financial support: This work was supported by grant #107 from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
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Publication History

Received: 26 August 2013

Accepted after major revision: 03 January 2014

Publication Date:
02 December 2017 (online)

 

 
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