DeCS

Descriptor English:

Blood Platelets

Descriptor Spanish:

Plaquetas

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	plaquetas
Entry term(s)	plaquetas sanguíneas trombocitos
Scope note:	Células aplanadas, anucleadas y en forma de disco, que derivan de los megacariocitos, presentes en la sangre de todos los mamíferos. Están predominantemente involucradas en la coagulación de la sangre.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Plaquetas

Descriptor French:

Plaquettes

Entry term(s):

Plaquettes sanguines
Thrombocyte
Thrombocytes

Tree number(s):

A11.118.188
A15.145.229.188

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001792

Scope note:

Non-nucleated disk-shaped cells formed in the megakaryocyte and found in the blood of all mammals. They are mainly involved in blood coagulation.

Annotation:

decrease in number of platelets = THROMBOCYTOPENIA, increase = THROMBOCYTOSIS

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

transplantation:Platelet Transfusion

Activation plaquettaire MeSH
Adhésivité plaquettaire MeSH
Agrégation plaquettaire MeSH
Antiagrégants plaquettaires MeSH
Numération des plaquettes MeSH
Tests fonctionnels plaquettaires MeSH
Thrombocytaphérèse MeSH
Thrombocytose MeSH
Thrombopénie MeSH
Transfusion de plaquettes MeSH

DeCS ID:

1819

Unique ID:

D001792

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

1995/02/22