Platelets: Difference between revisions

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Revision as of 14:51, 15 February 2007 (view source) imported>Thomas E Kelly (remove cz live tag since we are going to make a redirect to the platelet article but i don't know how to make a redirect) ← Older edit		Latest revision as of 15:23, 15 February 2007 (view source) imported>Chris day (is this what you want Tom?)
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	~~Platelets (thrombocytes) are normal constituents of~~ [[~~blood~~]] that are essential for normal [[hemostasis]]. They are fragments of [[megakaryocyte]] cytoplasm that arise in the bone marrow at a rate of ~10<sup>11</sup> per day to maintain a normal concentration of 2 to 3 x 10<sup>8</sup>/mL. Platelets localize to sites of vascular injury to form a plug, which slows or stops bleeding.		#redirect [[Platelet]]