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Association of stress-related perinatal factors and cord blood unit hematopoietic progenitors is dependent on delivery mode by JUUTISTENAHO, Sari, ESKOLA, Mikko, SAINIO, Susanna, ARANKO, Kari, KEKOMÄKI, Riitta

“…Perinatal characteristics, variably utilized in cord blood (CB) selection for banking, affect CB hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs). The association between…”
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Growth of erythroid cells from thawed unseparated cord blood in vitro without exogenous erythropoietin by Juutistenaho, Sari, Möttönen, Sari, Eskola, Mikko, Aranko, Kari, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…Abstract Introduction Previous erythroid cell cultures have depended on added serum or erythropoietin. In this paper, the growth of erythroid cells from thawed…”
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Association of cord blood platelet characteristics and hematopoietic progenitor cells by Eskola, Mikko, Rekunen, Sari, Aroviita, Pekka, Möttönen, Sari, Hiilesmaa, Vilho, Sainio, Susanna, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…BACKGROUND: Total nucleated cell (TNC) dose is associated with neutrophil and platelet (PLT) engraftment after cord blood (CB) transplantation and thus is used…”
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International comparison of the technical efficiency of component preparation by Veihola, Marketta, Aroviita, Pekka, Linna, Miika, Sintonen, Harri, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…BACKGROUND: Under economical constraints, blood centers need to identify ways to improve their efficiency. Because there is little evidence regarding the…”
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Discarded Cellular Components and the Technical Efficiency of Component Preparation by Veihola, Marketta, Aroviita, Pekka, Kekomäki, Riitta, Linna, Miika, Sintonen, Harri

“…Given increasing cost pressures, the need to improve the technical efficiency of the production chain used for collected blood in blood banking should be…”
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A common ancestral glycoprotein (GP) 9 1828A>G (Asn45Ser) gene mutation occurring in European families from Australia and Northern Europe with Bernard-Soulier Syndrome (BSS) by Liang, Hai Po Helena, Morel-Kopp, Marie-Christine, Clemetson, Jeannine M, Clemetson, Kenneth J, Kekomaki, Riitta, Kroll, Hartmut, Michaelides, Katerina, Tuddenham, Edward G D, Vanhoorelbeke, Karen, Ward, Christopher M

“…Bernard-Soulier syndrome (BSS) is an extremely rare hereditary bleeding disorder, caused by mutations occurring in the Glycoprotein (GP) Ibalpha, GPIbbeta and…”
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Thrombopoietin levels in cord blood plasma and amniotic fluid in fetuses with alloimmune thrombocytopenia and healthy controls by Sainio, Susanna, Javela, Kaija, Kekomäki, Riitta, Teramo, Kari

“…To extend our knowledge of the kinetics of fetal thrombopoietin (TPO), we studied TPO levels in cord blood plasma and amniotic fluid collected from 15 fetuses…”
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EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND THE EVENING MEAL ON SHEAR-INDUCED PLATELET AGGREGATION AND URINARY EXCRETION OF PROSTANOIDS by Numminen, Heikki, Kobayashi, Michiko, Uchiyama, Shinichiro, Iwata, Makoto, Ikeda, Yasuo, Riutta, Asko, Syrjälä, Martti, Kekomäki, Riitta, Hillbom, Matti

“…Moderate regular alcohol intake has been found to be associated with a decreased risk for coronary heart disease and stroke. We investigated the effects of…”
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Significance of quantitative measurement of heparin-induced platelet antibodies by Javela, Kaija, Kekomäki, Riitta, Koskinen, Sinikka

“…Background:  Heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a prothrombotic immune‐mediated adverse drug reaction. Antigen and platelet activation assays are used…”
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Fibrinolysis, antithrombin III, and protein C in neonates during cardiac operations by Petäjä, Jari, Peltola, Kaija, Sairanen, Heikki, Leijala, Mauri, Kekomäki, Riitta, Vahtera, Elina, Siimes, Martti A.

“…Fibrinolysis and coagulation were studied in 10 neonates undergoing cardiac operations for congenital heart defects. Coagulation was activated during…”
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Association of Hemoglobin Concentration and Cord Blood Cell Characteristics in Healthy Newborn Infants by Eskola, Mikko, Juutistenaho, Sari, Aranko, Kari, Sainio, Susanna, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…Abstract 5092 Cord blood (CB), used for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, is readily available from CB banks, and the banking processes are widely…”
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Megakaryocytic Potential of Unseparated Thawed Cord Blood Cells by Möttönen, Sari, Eskola, Mikko, Juutistenaho, Sari, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…BACKGROUND: Growth of megakaryocytic lineage in vitro from isolated CD34+ cells from fresh cord blood (CB) has been in the focus of recent research, whereas…”
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TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR ENGINEERING: Association of stress-related perinatal factors and cord blood unit hematopoietic progenitors is dependent on delivery mode by Juutistenaho, Sari, Eskola, Mikko, Sainio, Susanna, Aranko, Kari, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…BACKGROUND: Perinatal characteristics, variably utilized in cord blood (CB) selection for banking, affect CB hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs). The…”
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Fetal intracranial haemorrhages caused by fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: an observational cohort study of 43 cases from an international multicentre registry by Tiller, Heidi, Kamphuis, Marije M, Flodmark, Olof, Papadogiannakis, Nikos, David, Anna L, Sainio, Susanna, Koskinen, Sinikka, Javela, Kaija, Wikman, Agneta Taune, Kekomaki, Riitta, Kanhai, Humphrey H H, Oepkes, Dick, Husebekk, Anne, Westgren, Magnus

“…Objective To characterise pregnancies where the fetus or neonate was diagnosed with fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) and suffered from…”
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Antivinculin Antibodies in Sera of Patients With Immune Thrombocytopenia and in Sera of Normal Subjects by Tomiyama, Yoshiaki, Kekomaki, Riitta, McFarland, Janice, Kunicki, Thomas J.

“…We have characterized a 120-Kd antigen that frequently reacts with serum antibodies from patients with immune thrombocytopenia or normal subjects. Immunoblots…”
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Alloantibodies against low-frequency human platelet antigens do not account for a significant proportion of cases of fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: evidence from 1054 cases by Ghevaert, Cedric, Rankin, Angela, Huiskes, Elly, Porcelijn, Leendert, Javela, Kaija, Kekomaki, Riitta, Bakchoul, Tamam, Santoso, Sentot, Nutland, Sarah, Smyth, Deborah J., Smith, Graham A., McBride, Simon, Watkins, Nicholas A., Ouwehand, Willem H.

“…BACKGROUND: Maternal alloantibodies against the five common human platelet antigen (HPA) systems (HPA‐1 to ‐3, ‐5, and ‐15) are found in only 20% of cases…”
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Soluble glycoprotein V as a quality marker of platelet concentrates stressed by transportation by Javela, Kaija, Eronen, Juha, Sarna, Seppo, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…BACKGROUND: Despite ongoing improvements in storage conditions for platelet concentrates (PCs) for clinical use, leukoreduced platelets (PLTs) undergo subtle…”
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Development of selected coagulation factors and anticoagulants in preterm infants by the age of six months by Salonvaara, Marjut, Riikonen, Pekka, Vahtera, Elina, Mahlamäki, Eija, Heinonen, Kirsti, Kekomäki, Riitta

“…The development of the coagulation and anticoagulation system in preterm infants was assessed, with special emphasis on extremely low birth weight (ELBW)…”
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A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the human ITGB3 gene is associated with the platelet-specific alloantigen Vaa (HPA-17bw) involved in fetal maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia by Stafford, Prachi, Garner, Stephen F., Rankin, Angela, Kekomaki, Riitta, Watkins, Nicholas A., Ouwehand, Willem H.

“…BACKGROUND: The previously reported platelet (PLT)‐specific antigen, Vaa, was defined by an alloantibody detected in the serum sample of a mother who delivered…”
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A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the human ITGB3 gene is associated with the platelet-specific alloantigen Va (HPA-17bw) involved in fetal maternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia by Stafford, Prachi, Garner, Stephen F, Rankin, Angela, Kekomaki, Riitta, Watkins, Nicholas A, Ouwehand, Willem H

“…The previously reported platelet (PLT)-specific antigen, Va(a), was defined by an alloantibody detected in the serum sample of a mother who delivered an infant…”
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