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Understanding High Platelet Count or Thrombocytosis
A high platelet count indicates too many of the small cells (platelets) that help form blood clots. This can cause dangerous clots and bleeding. Also called thrombocytosis or thrombocythemia ...
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Thrombocytosis After Hip and Knee Surgery in the Rehabilitation Setting
Background Thrombocytosis can follow surgery and has occasionally been observed after major orthopaedic surgery. The aim of the present study was to ascertain the platelet count (PLTC) change in ...
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Platelets in Remyelination – Not Too Many, Not Too Much, Just at the Right Time.
Finally, a sustained increase in the number of circulating platelets (thrombocytosis) led to a persistent accumulation of these cells in the lesions (such as occurs in MS), followed by a reduction in ...
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Treatment Options for Essential Thrombocythemia and Polycythemia Vera
such as JAK2 exon 12 mutations • Sustained platelet count ≥ 450 × 10 9 /l • Bone marrow biopsy specimen showing proliferation mainly of the megakaryocytic lineage with increased numbers of ...
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A Patient's Self-Advocacy Leads to an Essential Thrombocythemia Diagnosis in Her 30s
Essential thrombocythemia is a type of myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) during which there is an overproduction of platelets. CURE spoke with Anderson before the event to talk about her initial ...