Platelet Sequestration in Man. I. Methods * (9-10). Page 1 Journal of Clinical Investigation
Vol. 43, No. 5, 1964 Platelet Sequestration in Man. I. Methods * RICHARD H. ASTER t AND
JAMES H. JANDL (From the Thornidike Memiorial Laboratory and Second and Fourth [Harvard]
Medical Services, Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Mass.) Although the average lifespan of human platelets has been reported
to be 8 to 11 days (1-5), the mechanism by which these cells are normally destroyed is …