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mean platelet volume (MPV)
Reference interval:
- 7.4-10.4 fL
Clinical significance:
- younger platelets tend to be larger
- thus MPV will be larger when thrombopoiesis is stimulated
Increases:
- immune thrombocytopenic purpura
- thrombocytopenia due to sepsis
- myeloproliferative disorders
- massive hemorrhage
- prosthetic heart valve
- splenectomy
- vasculitis
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Decreases:
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
General
clinical hematology test
References
- Interpretation of Diagnostic tests, 8th edition, Wallach J,
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkens, Philadelphia, 2007
- Panel of 10 tests
Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 40002
- Panel of 24 tests
Laboratory Test Directory ARUP: 40003