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Thrombosis and embolism

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Thrombosis is the formation of a solid mass, derived from the consituents of the blood, within the vascular system during life. As an important part of haemosta-sis, it depends on a normally functioning endothelium and underlying subendothelial layer, platelets, and the coagulation cascade.

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  1. Unité d’anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Saint-Michel, 33, rue Olivier-de-Serres, 75015, Paris, France

    Phat N. Vuong MD, PhD, DHDR

  2. Department of Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology, St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medecine and Dentistry, E1 1BB, Whitechapel, London, UK

    Sir Colin Berry DSc, MD, PhD, FRCPath, FRCP, FFPM

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Vuong, P.N., Berry, C. (2002). Thrombosis and embolism. In: The Pathology of Vessels. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0786-7_9

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