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platelet inhibitor [2 records]

Record 1 2006-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

An agents [such as a drug] which antagonizes or impairs any mechanism leading to blood platelet aggregation, whether during the phases of activation and shape change or following the dense-granule release reaction and stimulation of the prostaglandin-thromboxane system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Substance [tel un médicament,] qui empêche les plaquettes de s¿agglutiner et donc les caillots de se former. L'antiagrégant plaquettaire le plus ancien est l¿aspirine prise à petite dose. Les antiagrégants ne doivent pas être confondus avec les anticoagulants dont le mécanisme d'action est différent.

Key term(s)
  • anti agrégant plaquettaire

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie

Spanish

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