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Immature platelet fraction measurement is influenced by platelet size and is a useful parameter for discrimination of macrothrombocytopenia

Kôji Miyazaki, Yukako Koike, Shinji Kunishima, Ryuji Ishii, Mikio Danbara, Ryouichi Horie, Yutaka Yatomi, Masaaki Higashihara

Hematology · 2015 · 40 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

These results suggested that IPF values are influenced by platelet size. Furthermore, IPF could be a useful and convenient parameter for screening of macrothrombocytopenia, which presents with a disproportionately high IPF value.

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