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Blood platelets react rapidly in their hemostatic function. Determination of the reaction or activation time of individual platelets is difficult because it requires that physical and/or chemical effectors of activation are nonlimiting. Analysis of experimental conditions shows that the best estimate of mean activation time comes fromin vivo measurements. Thus, the constancy of height-to-length ratio of a growing thrombus, and its change with flow rate, provide additional evidence for the activation time hypothesis.
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Born, G.V.R., Richardson, P.D. Activation time of blood platelets. J. Membrain Biol. 57, 87–90 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01868994
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