Anti-platelet therapy: ADP receptor antagonists

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-657

  Wijeyeratne, Yanushi Dullewe ^a   Heptinstall, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti platelet; Cangrelor; Clopidogrel; P2Y12; Platelet; Prasugrel; Ticagrelor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CANGRELOR; CLOPIDOGREL; ELINOGREL; PRASUGREL; PURINERGIC P2Y1 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y12 RECEPTOR; TICAGRELOR;

DRUG COST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOSIS;

BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80052635963     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2011.03999.x     Document Type: Review

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