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IN PLATELETS AGE and SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER

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The latest article from my ITP blog looks at why the age and size of our Platelets matters.

Here is a link to the article -

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Gabriella28

Thanks so much for posting this article Anthony. Very very interesting and informative. Feeling positive 👍

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PennyHeron

amazing info Anthony. Thqnks so much.

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itplassne

Thank-you Anthony: most interesting. Do we assume that although the younger, larger platelets make us less likely to bleed, they also make us more likely to have thromboses? 🤔

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There have been and are ongoing studies into just what you have raised itplassne but as ever with so many ITP related things the conclusions are inconclusive .

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Morgan

Always wondered why i never bled much, now i know, thank you

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