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Human Hemostatic/Coagulation Mechanisms

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There are hundreds if not thousands of factors that have been shown to play some role in human hemostasis. This short discussion deals only with those that can be measured or easily detected and that appear to be analogous to hemostatic mechanisms in other mammals or lower vertebrates.

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Lewis, J.H. (1996). Human Hemostatic/Coagulation Mechanisms. In: Comparative Hemostasis in Vertebrates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9768-8_3

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