title: Platelet cryopreservation: a simple routine.
abstract: Cryopreservation of platelets as a blood-bank routine procedure offers functional platelets on demand. A simple method of freezing, thawing, and administering platelets which is within reach of any hospital with routine blood-banking facilities is outlined. Sixteen frozen-thawed platelet transfusions are reported.
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D017713:Platelet Transfusion