Mean platelet volume as diagnostic and therapeutic marker of risk and prognosis of heart disease

Increased mean platelet volume (MPV) is associated with platelet reactivity and is a predictor of cardiovascular risk and unprovoked nervous thromboembolism. Mean platelet volume is a precise measure of platelet size. Studies have reported the use of MPV as a biomarker for predicting ischemic stroke...

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Main Authors: Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu, Christopher Ogar Ogar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/918