Platelet size deviation width, platelet large cell ratio, and mean platelet volume have sufficient sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 698-702

  Kaito, Ken ^a   Otsubo, Hiroko ^b   Usui, Noriko ^b   Yoshida, Miyuki ^a   Tanno, Jyunko ^a   Kurihara, Etsuko ^a   Matsumoto, Kozue ^a   Hirata, Ryuzo ^a   Domitsu, Kenichi ^a   Kobayashi, Masayuki ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mean platelet volume; Platelet deviation width; Platelet indices; Platelet large cell ratio; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE SHAPE; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL SIZE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20044376097     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05357.x     Document Type: Article

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