Age- And Sex-Related Variations in Platelet Count in Italy: A Proposal of Reference Ranges Based on 40987 Subjects' Data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Biino, Ginevra ^a   Santimone, Iolanda ^b   Minelli, Cosetta ^c   Sorice, Rossella ^d   Frongia, Bruno ^a   Traglia, Michela ^e   Ulivi, Sheila ^f   Di Castelnuovo, Augusto ^b   Gögele, Martin ^c   Nutile, Teresa ^d   Francavilla, Marcella ^a   Sala, Cinzia ^e   Pirastu, Nicola ^f,g   Cerletti, Chiara ^b   Iacoviello, Licia ^b   Gasparini, Paolo ^f,g   Toniolo, Daniela ^e   Ciullo, Marina ^d   Pramstaller, Peter ^c   Pirastu, Mario ^a,h   de Gaetano, Giovanni ^b   Balduini, Carlo L ⁱ   more..

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^e SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h Shardna Life Sciences   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 84873174474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054289     Document Type: Article

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