Aggregation
Published in Cambridge University Press eBooks • May 30, 2002
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Authors:,,
Marian A. Packham
Margaret L. Rand
R L Kinlough-Rathbone
Abstract
Platelet aggregation is involved in the formation of hemostatic plugs and arterial thrombi. Under normal circumstances, platelets are non-adhesive and circulate singly, but following vessel wall injury they adhere to the injury site and to each other. During the hemostatic process, platelet aggregat...