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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Advances in Platelet Function Testing-Light Transmission Aggregometry and Beyond.

Jessica Le Blanc, François Mullier, Caroline Vayne, Marie Lordkipanidzé

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Ablation of CD38 Alleviates the Secondary Aggregation of Platelets.Indian journal of hematology & blood transfusion : an official journal of Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion · 2025
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  20. Whole Blood Aggregometry in Mice.Current protocols · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jessica Le BlancMontreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montréal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8454-9807
François MullierUniversité catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, Namur Thrombosis and Hemostasis Center (NTHC), Hematology Laboratory, 5530 Yvoir, Belgium.
Caroline VayneDepartment of Hemostasis, University Hospital of Tours, 37044 Tours, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7106-4365
Marie LordkipanidzéMontreal Heart Institute Research Center, Montréal, QC H1T 1C8, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7418-6766
Montreal Heart Institute · CAUniversité de Tours · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platelet function testing is essential for the diagnosis of hemostasis disorders. While there are many methods used to test platelet function for research purposes, standardization is often lacking, limiting their use in clinical practice. Light transmission aggregometry has been the gold standard for over 60 years, with inherent challenges of working with live dynamic cells in specialized laboratories with independent protocols. In recent years, standardization efforts have brought forward fully automated systems that could lead to more widespread use. Additionally, new technical approaches appear promising for the future of specialized hematology laboratories. This review presents developments in platelet function testing for clinical applications.

Indexed as

light transmission aggregometryplatelet functional testsplateletsstandardization

Identifiers

PMID32823782
PMCPMC7464122
OpenAlexW3048912415

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