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Understanding High Platelet Count or Thrombocytosis
This can cause dangerous clots and bleeding. Also called thrombocytosis or thrombocythemia, depending on the cause, a high platelet count is more than 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood.
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What is the normal platelet count range based on age?
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute notes that higher-than-usual platelet counts may indicate thrombocythemia or thrombocytosis. A high platelet count is not attributed to another health ...
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Thrombocytosis After Hip and Knee Surgery in the Rehabilitation Setting
Background Thrombocytosis can follow surgery and has occasionally been observed after major orthopaedic surgery. The aim of the present study was to ascertain the platelet count (PLTC) change in ...
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When to Worry About High Platelet Count
Treatment for essential thrombocythemia may include certain medications that slow down the production of platelets. In secondary thrombocytosis, treating the underlying condition, like an ...
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Essential Thrombocythemia – Clinical Significance, Diagnosis and Treatment: Increased Myelofibroses
to my knowledge, a bone marrow biopsy is not absolutely necessary to diagnose essential thrombocythemia (diagnosis ... patients would rule out reactive thrombocytosis. In the article, I can ...
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Essential Thrombocythemia – Clinical Significance, Diagnosis and Treatment: Mutations in Familial Thrombocythemias
Familial essential thrombocythemia associated with a dominant ... a thrombopoietin receptor polymorphism associated with thrombocytosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2004; 101: 11444–7.