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Preservation of Vascular Integrity in Organs perfused in vitro with a Platelet-rich Medium

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In non-thermic conditions, platelets seem to “nurture” the micro-circulation in some way. This could obviously be valuable in the preservation of isolated organs.

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  1. Sears Surgical Laboratory, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory,

    MICHAEL A. GIMBRONE jun., RICHARD H. ASTER, RAMZI S. COTRAN, JOSEPH CORKERY, JAMES H. JANDL & JUDAH FOLKMAN

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    MICHAEL A. GIMBRONE jun., RICHARD H. ASTER, RAMZI S. COTRAN, JOSEPH CORKERY, JAMES H. JANDL & JUDAH FOLKMAN

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    MICHAEL A. GIMBRONE jun., RICHARD H. ASTER, RAMZI S. COTRAN, JOSEPH CORKERY, JAMES H. JANDL & JUDAH FOLKMAN

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GIMBRONE, M., ASTER, R., COTRAN, R. et al. Preservation of Vascular Integrity in Organs perfused in vitro with a Platelet-rich Medium. Nature 222, 33–36 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222033a0

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