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Lithium and rubidium activities on platelet aggregation
A La Gioia1, M Petrini, G Carulli
1Laboratory of Clinical and Microbiological Chemical Analysis, USL 16, Pontedera, Italy.
Drugs Under Experimental and Clinical Research
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Lithium (Li) has been shown to increase the platelet number after chemotherapy. The present paper suggests that Li may increase the platelet aggregation induced by sub-optimal concentrations of ADP. Conversely, rubidium does not modify platelet aggregation in the present experiments.