Seminars in Hematology
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 220-226 , July 2010

Platelet Formation

  • Jonathan N. Thon

      Affiliations

    • Translational Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Joseph E. Italiano

      Affiliations

    • Translational Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Vascular Biology Program, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Joseph E. Italiano, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1 Blackfan Cir, Karp 6, Boston, MA 02115

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 This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health Grant No. HL68130 (J.E.I.). J.E.I. is an American Society of Hematology Junior Faculty Scholar.

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2010.03.005

Seminars in Hematology
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 220-226 , July 2010

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