Is mean platelet volume increased in behcet's disease with thrombosis?

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-226

  Lee, Woong Soo ^a   Kim, Think You ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BEHCET DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; UVEITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78249242393     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.222.225     Document Type: Letter

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