title: Light transmission aggregometry.
abstract: Laboratory testing of platelet function is essential for the diagnosis of several congenital and acquired platelet disorders. Moreover, it is increasingly being utilized to monitor the efficacy of antiplatelet therapy. Light transmission platelet aggregation is the most useful in vitro test of platelet function currently available, and it is still the gold standard to detect platelet disorders and to initiate a more precise characterization.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Hemostasia y Trombosis, Hospital de Pediatría, Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Frontroth
mesh_terms: D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001791:Blood Platelet Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010979:Platelet Function Tests / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors