title: [Blood platelets: biochemistry and physiology].
abstract: This article reviews the roles of blood platelets in different physiologic and pathologic processes in the human body. Besides the basic processes in primary haemostasis, platelet adhesion, platelet secretion, platelet aggregation, clot retraction, the new model of thrombin formation on the platelet surface is presented. The different signal transduction pathways in platelets are a main focus of this review.
authors: Experimentelle und Klinische Hämostaseologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Mendelstr. 11, 48149 Münster.
authors: B E
authors: BE
authors: Kehrel
mesh_terms: D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003018:Clot Retraction; D006801:Humans; D010973:Platelet Adhesiveness; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D012016:Reference Values