PLATELETS AS FOCI IN THE COAGULATION OF BLOOD

Abstract
Normal platelets were not seen to initiate fibrin formation in normal plasma enclosed in silicone-coated surfaces. The platelets did serve as foci of formation of the fibrin network. Part but not all of a complex of factors which favor rapid conversion of prothrombin to thrombin is concentrated in or on the platelet.

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