Applied Pharmacology

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British Journal of Pharmacology (2006) 147, S241–S251. doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0706401

Antiplatelet drugs

Gustav Born1 and Carlo Patrono2

  1. 1William Harvey Research Institute, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, London
  2. 2Department of Pharmacology, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Second School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

Correspondence: Carlo Patrono, Università di Roma 'La Sapienza', Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Rome, Italy. E-mail: cpatrono@unich.it

Keywords:

Platelet aggregation, aspirin, dipyridamole, thienopyridines, GPIIb/IIIa antagonists

Abbreviations:

ADP, adenosine diphosphate; ATP, adenosine triphosphate; AMP, adenosine monophosphate; COX, cyclooxygenase; GP, glycoprotein; PG, prostaglandin; PGI2, prostacyclin; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; TP, thromboxane receptor; TX, thromboxane; TXM, thromboxane metabolite

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