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      Comparison between Nageotte and flow cytometric counting of residual leucocytes in freshly prepared leucocyte-reduced red blood cell components 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kyriakou, Elias; Nearchakos, Nikolaos; Bonovas, Stefanos; Makri, Efstathia; Pantavou, Katerina; Kottaridi, Christine; Gialeraki, Argyri; Douramani, Panagiota; Taichert, Maria; Kapsimali, Violetta; Tsantes, Argirios E. (2018)
      Background Flow cytometry (FC) and Nageotte hemocytometry represent the most widely accepted methods for counting residual white blood cells (rWBCs) in leucocyte-reduced (LR) blood components. Our aim was to study the ...
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      Laboratory Assessment of the Anticoagulant Activity of Apixaban in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation 

      Nikolopoulos, Georgios K.; Kyriakou, Elias; Katogiannis, Konstantinos; Ikonomidis, Ignatios; Giallouros, George; Rapti, Evdoxia; Taichert, Maria; Pantavou, Katerina; Gialeraki, Argiri; Kousathana, Foteini; Poulis, Aristarchos; Tsantes, Andreas G.; Bonovas, Stefanos; Kapsimali, Violetta; Tsivgoulis, Georgios; Tsantes, Argirios E. (2018)
      Our aim is to determine the most appropriate laboratory tests, besides anti-factor Xa (anti-FXa) chromogenic assays, to estimate the degree of anticoagulation with apixaban and compare it with that of rivaroxaban in ...