Endocannabinoids: New Physiological (Co-)Agonists of Human Platelets

Mauro Maccarrone; Domenico Del Principe; Alessandro Finazzi-Agrò

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1613175

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2002; 88(01): 165-166
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613175

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Endocannabinoids: New Physiological (Co-)Agonists of Human Platelets

Mauro Maccarrone

¹Departments of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, Rome, Italy

,

Domenico Del Principe

¹Public Health and Cell Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

,

Alessandro Finazzi-Agrò

¹Departments of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, Rome, Italy

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