Platelet-Rich Plasma Obtained with Different Anticoagulants and Their Effect on Platelet Numbers and Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Behavior In Vitro

• Main Authors: Ronaldo José Farias Corrêa do Amaral (Author), Nemias Pereira da Silva (Author), Natália Ferreira Haddad (Author), Luana Siqueira Lopes (Author), Fábio Dias Ferreira (Author), Ricardo Bastos Filho (Author), Paola Alejandra Cappelletti (Author), Wallace de Mello (Author), Eric Cordeiro-Spinetti (Author), Alex Balduino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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There are promising results in the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for musculoskeletal tissue repair. However, the variability in the methodology for its obtaining may cause different and opposing findings in the literature. Particularly, the choice of the anticoagulant is the first definition to...