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PLATELETS ROLE
In the event of a vascular breach, blood platelets contribute to maintain the vessels
integrity by ensuring primary hemostasis, before being involved for coagulation.
Exploring platelet functions is therefore highly useful for diagnosis of platelets
anomalies and monitoring anti-aggregant treatments.