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. 2002 Jun 12;2:1607–1609. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2002.820

Isolation of Human Platelets (Thrombocytes)

John Graham 1,*
PMCID: PMC6009639  PMID: 12806147

Abstract

Platelets from human blood can be isolated in high yield by centrifugation of whole blood over an iodixanol density barrier of 1.063 g/ml. The separation from all of the blood cells (which form a pellet) is based on the slower sedimentation velocity of the smaller platelets.

Keywords: platelets, autologous plasma, thrombocytes, OptiPrep™, iodixanol, density barrier, sedimentation velocity


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