PURPOSE To determine the predictive value of the mean platelet volume (MPV) and the MPV/platelet count ratio on the development of isolated bone metastasis in patients with breast cancer. METHODS A total of 121 previously untreated female patients with isolated bone metastases from breast cancer (group 1) were included in this retrospective cohort study. The patients enrolled in this study ha...

Hypoxia is a prominent characteristic of inflammatory tissue lesions. It can affect platelet function. While mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are sample platelet indices, they may reflect subcinical platelet activation. To investigated associations between adiposity indices and platelet indices, 17327 eligible individuals (7677 males and 9650 females) from the Do...

OBJECTIVE Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) is an important indicator of platelet activation. It is known that MPV increases in patients with coronory artery disease, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis and Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Our aim was to measure the MPV in lean patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. METHODS The present study was designed to examine the platelet function by measuri...

OBJECTIVES We sought to determine the prognostic value of mean platelet volume (MPV) for angiographic reperfusion and six-month mortality in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND Mean platelet volume is predictive of unfavorable outcome among survivors of STEMI when measured after the in...

BACKGROUND The level of platelet volume (MPV) has been reported to be a laboratory marker in inflammatory cases. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to seek whether MPV has a role in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. It was also aimed to show the relationship of MPV with leukocyte count and C-reactive protein (CRP) level. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted via retrospective ...

background: the level of platelet volume (mpv) has been reported to be a laboratory marker in inflammatory cases. objectives: the aim of this study was to seek whether mpv has a role in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. it was also aimed to show the relationship of mpv with leukocyte count and c-reactive protein (crp) level. materials and methods: this study was conducted via retrospective a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Mean platelet volume (MPV) is positively associated with measures of platelet activity and may be a useful indicator of the risk of vascular events in a variety of patient groups. METHODS The association of MPV with the risk of stroke was assessed in the Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS). All participants had a history of cerebrovascular d...

Aim: To determine the relation between the disease activity of ulcerative colitis and mean platelet volume (MPV) and to evaluate the clinical usage of a more simple and easier determinant. Method: Complete blood count, C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation ratio (ESR), serum albumine and prothrombine time were measured in a total of 41 ulcerative colitis patients. The clinic, path...

BACKGROUND The relationship between increased mean platelet volume (MPV) and atherosclerosis is well known. In the present study, MPV in patients with coronary slow flow (CSF) and in cases with normal coronary anatomy (NCA) was investigated and compared with the aim of identifying the relationship between CSF and MPV. PATIENTS AND METHODS We studied 40 patients previously determined via coron...

The 60-70S RNA of Mason-Pfizer virus (MPV) was iodinated in vitro and used in both direct and competitive molecular hybridization studies. MPV proviral sequences are present at a frequency of approximately one to two copies per haploid genome in the DNA of experimentally infected human cells. By nucleic acid competition hybridization, MPV RNA was found to be indistinguishable from the RNA of a ...