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To the Editor: With respect to the image of platelet satellitism presented by Drs. Shahab and Evans (Feb. 26 issue)¹: complexes of platelets and polymorphonuclear neutrophils are not solely an in vitro phenomenon seen in blood treated with EDTA as an anticoagulant. Complexes of platelets and polymorphonuclear neutrophils can be observed in whole blood treated with citrate and heparin as anticoagulants.² Similar observations have been made in a variety of separated cell systems under static and dynamic conditions.³ These complexes are principally dependent on the platelet alpha-granule glycoprotein CD62P (P-selectin), which is rapidly expressed on the platelet surface after . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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