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Chapter-06 Platelets in Health and Disease

BOOK TITLE: Handbook of Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine

Author
1. Varghese Sunny Joseph
ISBN
9788180617188
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10339_6
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2006
Pages
23
Author Affiliations
1. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
Chapter keywords
Platelet morphology, Ultra structure, Function, Aggregation, Disorders.

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview on platelet morphology, physiology, function and dysfunction. It also covers various clinical tests used for testing platelet physiology and function, hematological disorders, such as hemorrhage, thrombocytopenia, Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia, von Willebrand disease and management of common clinical disorders by therapeutics as well as the use of platelet transfusion.

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