Mean Platelet Volume

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Contents 1 Reference-interval 2 Clinical-significance 3 Increases 4 Decreases 5 More General Terms 6 References

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

• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

More General Terms

• clinical hematology test

References

Interpretation of Diagnostic tests, 8th edition, Wallach J, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens, Philadelphia, 2007

mean platelet volume (MPV)