PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D A Yardumian
AU  - I J Mackie
AU  - S J Machin
TI  - Laboratory investigation of platelet function: a review of methodology.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.39.7.701
DP  - 1986 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 701--712
VI  - 39
IP  - 7
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/39/7/701.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/39/7/701.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1986 Jul 01; 39
AB  - Over the past decade interest in and knowledge about the role of platelets in the haemostatic process and in various pathological conditions has continued to grow. The scope of laboratory methodology to investigate platelet function in clinical haemorrhagic and thrombotic disorders in the specialised haemostasis unit has also proportionally widened. After highlighting the physiological processes of the role of platelets in the haemostatic mechanism this brief review comments critically on the available routine techniques used to study platelet function in patients who present primarily with a bleeding tendency.