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Thromb Haemost 1992; 67(01): 182
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648404
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Cytoplasmic Localization of Aequorin Loaded into Human Platelets by a New Method

Masahiro Saitoh
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Henry S Slayter
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Simon C Watkins
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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J Anthony Ware
Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital and Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Received 15 May 1991

Accepted after revision 18 July 1991

Publication Date:
02 July 2018 (online)

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