Monocyte platelet aggregates in children with Kawasaki disease- a preliminary study from a tertiary care centre in North-West India

Abstract Background Platelet activation is an integral part of pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD). However, there is paucity of literature on flow-cytometry based assessment of platelet activation in KD. We aimed to analyse monocyte-platelet aggregates (MPAs), one of the sensitive markers for pla...

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Main Authors: Pandiarajan Vignesh, Amit Rawat, Jitendra Kumar Shandilya, Man Updesh Singh Sachdeva, Jasmina Ahluwalia, Surjit Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12969-021-00515-3