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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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Anthonyh7 in reply to itplassne

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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