Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD A mean platelet volume (MPV) test measures the average size of platelets in your blood. Platelets are blood cells that your bone marrow makes. Healthy platelets ...

Major new analysis from the Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS) Consortium has provided critical insights into the ...

Dan Chapman has been diagnosed with aplastic anaemia, a disorder where the bone marrow does not produce enough blood cells.

Emiri Nakamura and Professor Koji Eto (Department of Clinical Application) has identified microtubule (MT) destabilization as ...

Identifying potential substitutes that won't affect platelet function is critical when managing patients with very low platelet counts to minimize bleeding complications.

Thus, patients who characteristically have high platelet counts and those who characteristically have very low platelet counts both show a similar increase in the frequency of hemorrhage in ...

Its principal application might be to tide over patients during periods of very low platelet counts or to provide transient increases in platelet numbers when invasive procedures are required.

The spasm is treated by steroids and oxygen therapy. What are the possible causes of a low platelet count? Thrombocytopenia means he has fewer than 150,000 platelets per microlitre of circulating ...

Individuals with a low platelet count — around 10,000 to 20,000 per microliter — are at increased risk of bleeding. For example, if your platelet count becomes very low, you may lose too much ...

A platelet count measures the number of platelets in your blood. Learn about the test, its results, conditions like thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis, and prep tips.

A 10-year-old girl from Telangana died from dengue fever because of sudden and rapid drop in her blood platelet count. Why is platelet drop dangerous and fatal?

ITP stands for Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura, a condition where an ongoing immune response leads to the destruction of platelets due to the formation of antibodies. This results in a low platelet ...