Thrombosis Research
Volume 118, Issue 4 , Pages 463-469 , 2006

A simple technique to determine thrombopoiesis level using immature platelet fraction (IPF)

  • Yasunori Abe

      Affiliations

    • Central Clinical Laboratories, Mie University Hospital, Tsu-city, Mie, Japan
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  • Hideo Wada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 59 232 1111; fax: +81 59 231 5204.
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  • Hiroaki Tomatsu

      Affiliations

    • Central Clinical Laboratories, Mie University Hospital, Tsu-city, Mie, Japan
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  • Akane Sakaguchi

      Affiliations

    • Central Clinical Laboratories, Mie University Hospital, Tsu-city, Mie, Japan
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  • Junji Nishioka

      Affiliations

    • Central Clinical Laboratories, Mie University Hospital, Tsu-city, Mie, Japan
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  • Yasunori Yabu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Katsuya Onishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Kaname Nakatani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Yoshitaka Morishita

      Affiliations

    • Central Clinical Laboratories, Mie University Hospital, Tsu-city, Mie, Japan
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  • Shinichiro Oguni

      Affiliations

    • Sysmex Corporation, Product Development, Kobe, Japan
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  • Tsutomu Nobori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Received 26 April 2005 ,Revised 27 August 2005 ,Accepted 15 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2005.09.007

Thrombosis Research
Volume 118, Issue 4 , Pages 463-469 , 2006

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