Altered mean platelet volume in patients with polymyositis and its association with disease severity
Polymyositis (PM) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation in skeletal muscle. Mean platelet volume (MPV), a marker in the assessment of systemic inflammation, is easily measured by automatic blood count equipment. However, to our knowledge, there are no data in the literature...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869824/ |