title: How platelets work: platelet function and dysfunction.
abstract: This article briefly reviews (a) how platelets normally function and (b) the clinical approach to disorders of platelet numbers and function.
authors.affiliation: Center for Platelet Function Studies, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA. michelson@platelets.org
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Michelson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001791:Blood Platelet Disorders / Q000097:blood*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D043562:Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled