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Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors

Medical Definition:	Drugs or agents which antagonize or impair any mechanism leading to blood platelet aggregation, whether during the phases of activation and shape change or following the dense-granule release reaction and stimulation of the prostaglandin-thromboxane system.
Guide Notes:	DF: PLATELET INHIB
Also Called:	Platelet Antagonists,Platelet Inhibitors,Antiplatelet Agents
Previously Indexed:	Blood Platelets (1966-1987),Platelet Adhesiveness (1972-1987),Platelet Aggregation (1976-1987)

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