mean platelet volume (MPV)
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Reference interval
- 7.4-10.4 fL
Clinical significance
- younger platelets tend to be larger
- thus MPV will be larger when thrombopoiesis is stimulated
Increases
- immune thrombocytopenic purpura
- thrombocytopenia due to sepsis
- myeloproliferative disorders
- massive hemorrhage
- prosthetic heart valve
- splenectomy
- vasculitis
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Decreases
More general terms
References
- ↑ Interpretation of Diagnostic tests, 8th edition, Wallach J, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens, Philadelphia, 2007
- ↑ Panel of 10 tests Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: http://www.aruplab.com/guides/ug/tests/0040002.jsp
- ↑ Panel of 24 tests Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: http://www.aruplab.com/guides/ug/tests/0040003.jsp