2002
Reticulated platelets predict platelet count recovery following chemotherapy
Wang C, Smith BR, Ault KA, Rinder HM. Reticulated platelets predict platelet count recovery following chemotherapy. Transfusion 2002, 42: 368-374. PMID: 11961244, DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00040.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlatelet count recoveryPercentage of RPProphylactic platelet transfusionsCount recoveryPlatelet transfusionsPlatelet recoveryStress thrombopoiesisPlatelet count increaseIdiopathic thrombocytopenic purpuraPlatelet count nadirsChemotherapy-induced thrombocytopeniaNegative predictive valueEvaluable patientsMarrow suppressionThrombocytopenic purpuraChemotherapy patientsThrombocytopenia patientsLower percentagePatientsPredictive valueReproducible indexThrombocytopeniaTransfusionChemotherapyIncreased percentage
1993
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