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Ethanol significantly decreased ADP-induced blood platelet aggregation in a dose-dependent manner but increased the amplifying effect of serotonin on this process in rats.
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May complicate ethanol's net hemostatic effects in humans; leaves open translation of rat platelet findings to clinical thrombosis or bleeding risk.
Chabielska et al. (2008) studied this question. Ethanol was evaluated on Blood platelet aggregation. Ethanol significantly decreased ADP-induced blood platelet aggregation in a dose-dependent manner but increased the amplifying effect of serotonin on this process in rats.
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