Effect of Method of Loading Aequorin on Measurement of Platelet Cytoplasmic Calcium Concentration

Thromb Haemost 1992; 67(06): 727
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648533

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH Stuttgart

Authors

J Anthony Ware

Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital , Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

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