Cryopreservation can slow down the metabolism and decrease the risk of bacterial contamination. But, chilled platelets (PLTs) show a reduced period in circulation due to the rapid clearance by hepatic
Values in parentheses are standard errors determined by “jacknife” resampling as described in the text. The differences between the four RD values are all significant (two sample t-test, p
Introduction: In Germany, demand for platelet transfusion is maintained or even increasing, despite a decrease in whole blood donations observed in the last decade. The shelf-life of platelet concentr
Human platelets collected from healthy donors according to standard international protocols were pooled and stored at 4ºC during 7 days. The small RNA population changes across the days were evaluated
