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Table 1 Means and standard deviations of optical platelet counts per time point, in the absence or presence of aggregates with and without Iloprost administration

From: Effective prevention of pseudothrombocytopenia in feline blood samples with the prostaglandin I₂ analogue Iloprost

Time in hours	Aggregates present									Aggregates absent
	Ilo yes						Ilo no			Ilo yes						Ilo no
	20 ng			200 ng			Ilo no			20 ng			200 ng			Ilo no
	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n
0.15	296	42	4	296	37	4	288	127	5	343	124	16	340	129	16	338	125	15
1	314	41	3	296	53	4	183	138	8	339	119	17	337	126	16	363	125	12
2	285	15	2	275	37	2	81	70	10	342	119	18	337	124	18	365	131	10
3	351	70	3	284	NA²	1	148	105	14	330	123	17	329	119	19	396	161	6
4	276	29	3	304	67	5	179	88	13	334	122	17	331	132	15	369	173	7
6	290	24	3	276	1	2	207	74	12	316	125	17	314	123	18	332	159	8
8	239	NA²	1	330	88	2	205	72	11	287	128	19	286	127	18	309	154	9
24	231	NA²	1	153	NA²	1	182	80	8	230	115	19	230	114	19	274	118	12

¹ mean and standard deviation of platelet counts in 10³ x μL
² 1 cat

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