Mean platelet volume: a novel diagnostic factor of systemic lupus erythematosus?
✍ Scribed by Karagöz, Ergenekon; Tanoglu, Alpaslan; Ozalper, Veysel
- Book ID
- 125351570
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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## Abstract Platelet aggregation was measured in 14 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 13 normal controls. Ten SLE patients (group I) showed decreased responsiveness to collagen, while aggregation was normal in 4 (group II). Group I patients also responded poorly to epinephrine. P
## Abstract ## Objective There is an important inflammatory component to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is therefore interesting that the risk of CVD is high in inflammatory diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In this study, we investigated nontraditional ris