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Thromb Haemost 1974; 32(02/03): 549-553
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647723
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647723
Original Article
Evidence that Human Platelet Aggregating Activity in Porcine Plasma is a Property of von Willebrand Factor
Further Information
Publication History
Received
31 May 1974
Accepted
20 June 1974
Publication Date:
30 June 2018 (online)
Summary
Plasma from normal pigs, but not from a pig affected with von Willebrand’s disease, aggregates human platelets. The aggregating activity therefore seems to be a property of porcine von Willebrand factor.
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