Increased mean platelet volume in chronic hepatitis B patients with inactive disease

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Turhan, Ozge ^a   Coban, Erkan ^a   Inan, Dilara ^a   Yalcin, Ata Nevzat ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hepatitis B virus; Mean platelet volume; Platelet activation

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK; SEX; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77954255991     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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