Immature platelet fraction measurement in patients with chronic liver disease: A convenient marker for evaluating cirrhotic change

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-306

  Nomura, T ^a   Kubota, Y ^a   Kitanaka, A ^a   Kurokouchi, K ^a   Inage, T ^a   Saigo, K ^b   Iseki, K ^a   Baba, N ^a   Yamaoka, G ^a   Arai, T ^a   Taminato, T ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immature platelet fraction; Liver cirrhosis; Multivariate discriminant analysis; Reticulated platelet; XE 2100

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMATURE PLATELET FRACTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 77953596771     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2009.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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