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  1. Platelet Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are blood cells. They form in your bone marrow, a sponge-like tissue in your bones. Platelets play a major role in blood clotting. Normally, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/plateletdisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Platelet Tests: MedlinePlus Medical Test 
    Platelet Tests What are platelet tests? Platelets, also known as thrombocytes, are small blood cells that are essential for blood clotting . Clotting is the process ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/platelet-tests - Medical Tests
  3. Blood Thinners (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... as aspirin and clopidogrel, prevent blood cells called platelets from clumping together to form a clot. Antiplatelets ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/bloodthinners.html - Health Topics
  4. Gray platelet syndrome 
    Gray platelet syndrome is a bleeding disorder associated with abnormal platelets, which are small blood cells involved in blood clotting. People with this ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/gray-platelet-syndrome - Genetics
  5. Acquired platelet function defect 
    Acquired platelet function defects are conditions that prevent clotting elements in the blood called platelets from working as they ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000546.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Congenital platelet function defects 
    Congenital platelet function defects are conditions that prevent clotting elements in the blood, called platelets, from working as they ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000582.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Platelet antibodies blood test 
    ... blood test shows if you have antibodies against platelets in your blood. Platelets are particles in the blood that help the ... body may produce antibodies that affect its own platelets.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003552.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) 
    ... bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets, which are necessary for normal blood clotting. People with the disease have too few platelets in the blood.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000535.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Thrombocytopenia 
    ... which there is an abnormally low amount of platelets. Platelets are parts of the blood that help blood ... often divided into 3 major causes of low platelets: Not enough platelets are made in the bone ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000586.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Platelet count 
    A platelet count is a lab test to measure how many platelets you have in your blood. Platelets are particles in the blood that help the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003647.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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