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Microfluidics in Assessing Platelet Function
Published on: November 8, 2024
Giulio Bizzozero and the discovery of platelets
Domenico Ribatti1, Enrico Crivellato
1Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare, 11, Policlinico, I-70124 Bari, Italy. ribatti@anatomia.uniba.it
Abstract:
Platelets were discovered by the Italian pathologist Giulio Bizzozero in 1882. He observed them microscopically in the circulating blood of living animals and in the blood removed from the blood vessels. Moreover, he carefully described platelet function in flowing conditions and the relationship between platelet adhesion, aggregation and subsequent fibrin formation and deposition.
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