Platelets in atherothrombosis
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Ruggeri, Zaverio M.
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Article
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2002
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Nature Publishing Group
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English
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Arterial thrombosis is the acute complication that develops on the chronic lesions of atherosclerosis and causes heart attack and stroke, today the most common causes of mortality in developed countries. Platelets, with fibrin, are prominent components of the thrombi (clots) that occlude arteries, b