May 19 (UPI) --University of Virginia researchers have discovered a method for doctors to be able to produce blood platelets in large quantities outside the body. Researchers have identified a "master ...

Macrothrombocytopenia (MTC) is a blood disorder in which blood cells called platelets are abnormally large. People with MTC also have thrombocytopenia, a low platelet count. MTC impairs blood clotting ...

Researchers studied the risk factors for relapse, including prednisolone clearance and glucocorticoid-induced transcript 1 promoter polymorphism (rs37972), in patients with giant cell arteritis.

When cancer cells and platelets mix, the risk of metastasis and cancer-related deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) increases, but a small, proof-of-concept study suggests that the ...

The most common etiology of pseudothrombocytopenia is platelet clumping induced by EDTA, which is the anticoagulant present in the purple tube in which blood is collected for a CBC. This clumping is ...

Abstract and Introduction Review of Normal Platelet Physiology and Megakaryocytopoisis Qualitative Platelet Abnormalities Conclusion References Nitric oxide (NO) is another drug used in the neonatal ...

Platelets are small, disc-shaped cell fragments in the blood that are essential to stop bleeding and to initiate blood clotting after injury. Platelet transfusions in patients with severe trauma or ...

FIGURE 1. Platelet clumping (blue) was seen on peripheral blood smear. A misdiagnosis would have led to unnecessary tests and treatment. Ms. J, age 55 years, was referred to hematology for evaluation ...