Platelet function and survival in patients wit severe hypercholesterolemia.

doi:10.1161/01.atv.1.6.443

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Platelet function and survival in patients wit severe hypercholesterolemia.

Arteriosclerosis (Dallas, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2000

Corash L, Andersen J, Poindexter B J, Schaefer E J

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Platelet aggregation and survival were measured in twelve subjects with severe hypercholesterolemia. There was a small increase in sensitivity to epinephrine and adenosine diphosphate among the most hypercholesterolemic patients, but this did not correlate with reduced platelet lifespan. Platelet...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Blood Platelets
Cell Survival
Child
Epinephrine
Female
Genotype
Humans
Hypercholesterolemia
Lipoproteins
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Platelet Aggregation

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