SCIENTIFIC SUBCOMMITTEE SESSION
7 July 2007 Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
Platelet Physiology
Chair: A. Michelson (USA)
Co-Chairs: J. Bennett (USA), M. Cattaneo (Italy), P. Harrison (UK), C. Hayward (Canada), D. Kenny (Ireland), D. Nugent (USA), P. Nurden (France), S. Watson (UK)
This year’s SSC Platelet Physiology Subcommittee Program was held on July 7, 2007 from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting focused on the standardization of turbidometric platelet aggregation. The topics and speakers were:
- The History of Turbidometric Platelet Aggregation, Gustav Born, London, U.K.
- The Molecular Basis of Platelet Aggregation, Alan Nurden, Pessac, France
- The Clinical Utility of the Measurement of Platelet Hypoaggregability, Paul Harrison, Oxford, U.K.
- The Clinical Utility of the Measurement of Platelet Hyperaggregability, Paul Bray, Philadelphia, U.S.A.
- Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Standardization of Platelet Aggregation, Alvin Schmaier, Cleveland, U.S.A.
- UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme (NEQAS) Survey of Platelet Aggregation, Ian Jennings, Sheffield, U.K.
- Statistical Analyses of Reference Ranges for Platelet Aggregation, Catherine Hayward, Hamilton, Canada
- SSC Working Party on Platelet Aggregation Survey, Marco Cattaneo, Milan, Italy
These speakers were followed by a general discussion on the road forward with regard to the standardization of turbidometric platelet aggregation.
Registries of the SSC Platelet Physiology Subcommittee are:
- Bernard-Soulier Syndrome (Dermot Kenny)
- Glanzmann Thrombasthenia (Debbie French)
- Non-immune Thrombocytopenia (Amy Geddis/Jim Bussel)
Alan D. Michelson, M.D.
Chair, Platelet Physiology Subcommittee, SSC/ISTH