Activated Platelet

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Activated Platelet

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Author: Perla Vicari, MD, PhD
Category: Laboratory Hematology
Published Date: 12/13/2021

The dynamic nature of platelets, mediated by the platelet cytoskeleton, helps to maintain the discoid shape when at rest and to change during platelet activation.

Peripheral blood smear showing an activated platelet showing the extension of filopodia that occurs during early spreading and activation (arrow), May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain.

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