PURPOSE Increased eosinophil count (EC), mean platelet volume (MPV), and platelet count (PC) are important in vascular disorders which are main factors resulting in endothelial dysfunction. We aimed to investigate the association between MPV, and EC, with erectile dysfunction (ED). MATERIALS AND METHODS Two hundred thirty participants (130 patients with ED, and 100 healthy controls) were enro...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the alterations in serum levels of platelet indices such as mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) in ectopic pregnancy (EP) and discuss the mechanism of the alterations in MPV and PDW. METHODS This retrospective evaluation of 153 tubal EP patients (39 ruptured and 114 non-ruptured) admitted to our clinic between 2009 and 2013 and 67 he...

OBJECTIVE Prolactin is a multifunctional pituitary hormone. The effect of prolactin on platelet activation is not well understood. Prolactinomas are the most common type of pituitary adenomas, and they are medically responsive to dopamine agonists. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a marker of platelet function and activation. The aim of this study was to evaluate MPV values before and 6 months of ...

Poxviruses use an arsenal of molecular weapons to evade detection and disarm host immune responses. We used DNA microarrays to investigate the gene expression responses to infection by monkeypox virus (MPV), an emerging human pathogen, and Vaccinia virus (VAC), a widely used model and vaccine organism, in primary human macrophages, primary human fibroblasts and HeLa cells. Even as the overwhelm...

BACKGROUND/AIM Intraabdominal hypertension is a common occurrence, especially in intensive care unit patients, and it has high mortality and morbidity rates. The onset is commonly insidious and the poor prognosis is attributed to the long delay in diagnosis. Unfortunately, diagnosis is often delayed until loss of function in the affected tissues has already occurred. The aim of this study was t...

BACKGROUND Echinococcosis is a near-cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by adult or larval stages of tapeworms (cestodes) into the genus Echinococcus (family Taeniidae). It was demonstrated that platelets were capable of killing parasites independent from leukocytes. PURPOSE The aim of our study was to examine mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet mass (PM) and platelet count (PC), which are practica...

BACKGROUND The mean platelet volume (MPV) reflects the size of platelets. It has been shown to be inversely correlated with level of the inflammation in some chronic inflammatory diseases. This prospective study aims to show the usability of MPV as an inflammation marker in patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) by comparison with healthy controls. In addition, its relationships with...

OBJECTIVE Mean platelet volume (MPV), which is determined by a routine complete blood count, is a parameter that is usually overlooked by clinicians. The present study was designed to investigate the association between MPV and different disease states in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. METHODS A total of 120 patients, including 17 with acute hepatitis B (AHB), 62 with chroni...

Objectives. Hepatitis secondary to infection with the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the most common causes of viral hepatitis worldwide. Multiple extrahepatic manifestations of HBV infection have been recognized. However, the effect of HBV infection on the mean platelet volume (MPV) is unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the MPV, an indicator of platelet activation, in patients wit...

background interventricular hemorrhage (ivh) and broncho pulmonary dysplasia(bpd) commonly occur in premature infants and they associate with platelet dysfunction. the aim of this study was to investigate the association of mpv and occurrence of ivh and bpd. materials and methods in this cross sectional study, 3 groups including ivh, bpd and control were compared. all participants were preterm ...