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Introduction
Very Sociable
Guy
Chest Pain
Girl with a Rash
England 1944
Trouble Healing
Morning Stiffness
Bruises Easily
Shortness of
Breath
Drug Interactions
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Confirmatory tests
for platelet disorders. Repeat
the test, confirm the value if the numbers are off or
don't match clinical impression.
- Ultimately it comes down a question of
quantity vs. quality of the platelets.
- Bone marrow examination
for abnormal number of platelets. Click here to see
how's it's done.
- Thrombocytopenia (low count),
- At the right is a common cause.
- Thrombocytosis (high count).
- Platelet aggregation studies for platelet
function abnormalities.
- Tests for response to
- ADP,
- serotonin,
- epinephrine,
- von Willebrand Factor.
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- Platelet associated antibodies. IgG
or IgM, either bound to platelets or free in serum.
What about tests for
clotting factors?
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