Reticulated platelets in the evaluation of thrombopoietic disorders.
Rinder HM, Munz UJ, Ault KA, Bonan JL, Smith BR. Reticulated platelets in the evaluation of thrombopoietic disorders. Archives Of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 1993, 117: 606-10. PMID: 8503732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune platelet destructionImmune thrombocytopeniaPlatelet destructionNormal subjectsImmune thrombocytopenic purpuraThird of patientsSubset of patientsPlatelet determinationAbsence of megakaryocytesPlatelet-associated IgGChemotherapy-induced thrombocytopeniaInvasive diagnostic testsPeripheral blood plateletsFlow cytometric assayIgG levelsThrombocytopenic purpuraReticulated plateletsImmune destructionPlatelet valuesPatientsPlatelet IgGBone marrowThrombocytopeniaIgG dataLaboratory diagnosis