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Blood Platelets

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Definition: Non-nucleated disk-shaped cells formed in the megakaryocyte and found in the blood of all mammals. They are mainly involved in blood coagulation.  A 11 qualif; decrease in no. of platelets  consider also terms at PLATELET and THROMBOCYT- 
See Also Platelet Activation; Platelet Adhesiveness; Platelet Aggregation; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Platelet Count; Platelet Function Tests; Platelet Transfusion; Plateletpheresis; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombocytosis
Other names Thrombocytes; Platelets; Thrombocyte; Platelets, Blood; Platelet, Blood; Platelet; Blood Platelet
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
C13-24DE peptide  0   *Peptides Blood Platelets. Int J Hematol 1997 Dec;66(4):435-44
CT-102 activated platelet supernatant  0   *Complex Mixtures Blood Platelets Wound Healing. Diabetes Care 1992 Nov;15(11):1598-604
platelet procoagulant factor  0   *Blood Coagulation Factors Blood Platelets. Haemostasis 1986;16(2):71
cicaprost  95722-07-9   Epoprostenol/*analogs & derivatives Blood Platelets/drug effects Prostaglandins, Synthetic.
Pharma Action Antineoplastic Agents
Biomed Biochim Acta 1984;43(8-9):S175
platelet protein P47  0   *Blood Proteins *Phosphoproteins Blood Platelets. J Biol Chem 1983;258(18):11404
platelet factor V  0   *Blood Coagulation Factors Blood Platelets. Thromb Res 1983;29(1):75
platelet factor 1  62031-46-3 Blood platelet factor 1  *Blood Coagulation Factors Blood Platelets Factor V. Ann NY Acad Sci 1981;370:348

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