Detection of Naka Antigen and GP lV (CD36) mRNA in Monocytes of Naka-Negative Subiects

Thromb Haemost 1992; 67(03): 384-385
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648453

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Detection of Nak^a Antigen and GP lV (CD36) mRNA in Monocytes of Nak^a-Negative Subiects

Hirokazu Kashiwagi

^*The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Shigenori Honda

^*The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Hironori Take

^*The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Hajime Mizutani

^*The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Yumiko Imai

^*The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Yoshiaki Tomiyama

^*The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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Yoshiyuki Kurata

^**Department of Blood Transfusion Osaka University Hospital Osaka, Japan

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Takeshi Yonezawa

^*The Second Department of Internal Medicine Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan

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