PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bloom, A. L. AU - Evans, E. P. TI - Relationship of platelet retention in glass bead columns to the rate of aggregation with adenosine diphosphate and thrombin AID - 10.1136/jcp.22.5.560 DP - 1969 Sep 01 TA - Journal of Clinical Pathology PG - 560--562 VI - 22 IP - 5 4099 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/22/5/560.short 4100 - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/22/5/560.full SO - J Clin Pathol1969 Sep 01; 22 AB - The initial rate of platelet aggregation induced by adenosine diphosphate and thrombin correlated with the number of platelets retained when samples of citrated blood from the same normal donors were passed through glass bead columns. The results support the view that the glass bead column method of measuring platelet `adhesiveness' is influenced by platelet aggregation.