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Special Review: Platelets on Aggregometry

Aggregometry in the settings of thrombocytopenia, thrombocytosis and antiplatelet therapy

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Pages 644-649 | Received 23 Dec 2017, Accepted 21 Jan 2018, Published online: 14 Mar 2018

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