Platelet Factor 3
"Platelet Factor 3" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A phospholipid from the platelet membrane that contributes to the blood clotting cascade by forming a phospholipid-protein complex (THROMBOPLASTIN) which serves as a cofactor with FACTOR VIIA to activate FACTOR X in the extrinsic pathway of BLOOD COAGULATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D010977
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.125.691 D23.119.932
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