Freezing procedure without thrombin activation to retain and store growth factors from platelet concentrates

• Main Authors: Ching-Hwa Gau (Author), E-Chin Shen (Author), Hsiao-Pei Tu (Author), Hsien-Chung Chiu (Author), Earl Fu (Author), Wei-Nan Wang (Author), Cheng-Yang Chiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: The aim of this study was to examine a new procedure of simple freezing without the need of thrombin activation to retain and store growth factors (GFs) from platelet concentrates for up to 6 months. Materials and methods: After being re-suspended with Tyrode's solution, pla...