THE BLOOD PLATELETS

The Blood Platelets

The Histogenesis of Blood Platelets

1. Under normal circumstances blood platelets are largely derived from the megakaryocyte of the blood-forming organs. 2. The transitional leucocyte, representing a persistent form of the embryonic premegakaryocyte, is a circulating homologue of the megakaryocyte and probably plays some part in normal platelet formation. 3. Under conditions of excessive demand for platelet production, there may ...

The Enumeration of Blood Platelets.

[The physiology of blood platelets].

PROGRESS IN CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY, Vol. 2 Edited by A. Stolman. (Pp. x + 416. 100s.) New York and London: Academic Press. 1965. This book follows the publication of 'Toxicology, Mechanisms and Analytical Methods', Volumes 1 and 2, in 1960-61, and Volume I of 'Progress in Chemical Toxicology' in 1963. It consists of six main chapters by seven American and two British authors. Very nearly half the ...

To Blood Platelets

I ‘ HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN that blood platelets are isoantigenic.’ Serum isoantibodies reacting with platelets have been repeatedly demonstrated in 1)citieflts ‘ho have received multiple blood transfusions, and in multiparous vomen.’’4 The iiicidence of isoimmunity to blood platelets in niultitransfused iNitients has been studied mainly by the the anti-human globulin consumption,’2 the indirect Co...