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Science 20 September 1974:
Vol. 185. no. 4156, pp. 1062 - 1064
DOI: 10.1126/science.185.4156.1062
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Pulmonary Platelet Aggregates Associated with Sudden Death in Man

Hubert Pirkle 1 and Per Carstens 2

1 Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92664
2 Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40201

Six human cases of unexpected sudden death were found to have many platelet aggregates in the small arterial vessels of the lungs. Postmortem examination revealed no other significant findings.


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