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. 2007 Oct;31(10):1339-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.02.008. Epub 2007 Mar 26.

Giulio Bizzozero and the discovery of platelets

Domenico Ribatti  1 , Enrico Crivellato
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Giulio Bizzozero and the discovery of platelets

Domenico Ribatti et al. Leuk Res. 2007 Oct.

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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