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MeSH Heading: Blood Platelets
Tree Number(s): A11.118.188; A15.145.229.188
Unique ID: D001792
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001792
Annotation: decrease in number of platelets = THROMBOCYTOPENIA, increase = THROMBOCYTOSIS
Scope Note: Non-nucleated disk-shaped cells formed in the megakaryocyte and found in the blood of all mammals. They are mainly involved in blood coagulation.
Entry Term(s): Platelets; Thrombocytes
See Also: Platelet Activation; Platelet Adhesiveness; Platelet Aggregation; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Platelet Count; Platelet Function Tests; Platelet Transfusion; Plateletpheresis; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombocytosis
Consider Also: consider also terms at PLATELET and THROMBOCYT-
Entry Combination: transplantation:Platelet Transfusion
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1995/02/22

Entry Combination: transplantation:Platelet Transfusion
Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Blood Platelets MeSH Descriptor Data 2024