title: Washing platelets twice with a bicarbonated Ringer's solution significantly reduces plasma protein levels while maintaining platelet quality.
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan. Electronic address: s-oikawa@th.bbc.jrc.or.jp.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oikawa
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minegishi
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Kimika
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kosunago
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murokawa
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Central Blood Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Japanese Red Cross Tohoku Block Blood Center, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000187:drug effects*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007552:Isotonic Solutions / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; C506920:bicarbonated Ringer's solution