Genetic disorders are a rare cause of pathologic bleeding in the neonatal period; more often, their presentation is later in life. One type of hereditary platelet dysfunction that can present in ...

Cite this: Platelets in Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Disorders: Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics - Medscape - Jan 01, 2004.

White blood cells help your body fight infections. Platelets help your blood to clot. Blood cell disorders impair the formation and function of one or more of these types of blood cells.

Platelets are the components of blood that help control bleeding. They are used in the treatment of cancers, compromised immune systems, organ transplant, blood disorders, and severe trauma.

Even as biomedical engineer Anirban Sen Gupta refines artificial platelets to stem traumatic bleeding, he and his colleagues are seeking new uses for their synthetic solution. The latest application ...

Moolten, S. E., and Vroman, L. Adhesiveness of blood platelets in thromboembolism and hemorrhagic disorders: measurement of platelet adhesiveness by glass-wool filter.

Disorders caused by antibodies against platelet factor 4 (PF4) gained major attention during the pandemic, when platelet-activating anti-PF4 antibodies were found to explain vaccine-induced immune ...