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Cocaine activates platelets and increases the formation of circulating platelet containing microaggregates in humans

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  • C M Heesch aDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 328 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA, bDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, cDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • C R Wilhelm aDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 328 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA, bDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, cDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Ristich aDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 328 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA, bDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, cDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Adnane aDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 328 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA, bDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, cDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • F A Bontempo aDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 328 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA, bDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, cDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • W R Wagner aDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 328 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA, bDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, cDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Dr Wagner email: wagnerwr{at}msx.upmc.edu
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Heesch CM, Wilhelm CR, Ristich J, et al
Cocaine activates platelets and increases the formation of circulating platelet containing microaggregates in humans
Heart 2000;83:688-695.

Publication history

  • Accepted February 8, 2000
  • First published June 1, 2000.
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January 10, 2022

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