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Professor of Medicine, Facultat de Medicina,
Universitat de Barcelona. Head of Section, Department
of Hemotherapy and Hemostasis, Hospital Clínic,
Barcelona, Spain. Director of the Platelet Research
Laboratory.
Research Interest
- Platelet physiology and pathology.
- Congenital and acquired bleeding disorders.
- Thrombosis, atherosclerosis and vascular injury.
- Pharmacological management of haemostasis.
- Quality control of platelet concentrates; Development
on synthetic alternatives.
- Artificial surfaces; blood biocompatibility.
Clinical Service
- Provides diagnostic and follow-up advice for patients
with bleeding problems and rare platelet disorders.
Techniques
Selected publications
- Perez-Pujol S, Tonda R, Lozano M, Fuste B, Lopez-Vilchez
I, Galan AM, Li J, Goodrich R, Escolar G.
Effects of a new pathogen-reduction technology (Mirasol
PRT) on functional aspects of platelet concentrates.
Transfusion 2005. In press.
- Aras O, Shet A, Bach RR, Hysjulien JL, Slungaard
A, Hebbel RP, Escolar G, Jilma B,
Key NS. Induction of microparticle- and cell-associated
intravascular tissue factor in
human endotoxemia. Blood 2004;103:4545-53.
- Perez-Pujol S, Lozano M, Perea D, Mazzara R, Ordinas
A, Escolar G. Effect of holding buffy
coats 4 or 18 hours before preparing pooled filtered
platelet concentrates in plasma. Transfusion 2004;44:202-9.
- Tonda R, Galan AM, Mazzara R, White JG, Ordinas
A, Escolar G. Platelet membrane fragments
enhance the procoagulant effect of recombinant factor
VIIa in studies with circulating human blood under
conditions of experimental thrombocytopenia. Semin
Hematol 2004;41:157-62.
- Escolar G. New insights into the
management of bleeding disorders. Drug News Perspect
2004;17:285-8.
- Hernandez MR, Alvarez-Guerra M, Escolar
G, Chiavaroli C, Hannaert P, Garay RP. The
hemostatic agent ethamsylate promotes platelet/leukocyte
aggregate formation in a model of vascular injury.
Fundam Clin Pharmacol 2004;18:423-30.
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Escolar in MedLine.
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