Open AccessMean platelet volume: A reliable marker of inflammation in recurrent apthous stomatitis and behçet disease?
Author(s) -
Engin Şenel,
Bilal Acar,
Emre Demir
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_405_16
Subject(s) - medicine , mean platelet volume , behcet's disease , gastroenterology , recurrent aphthous stomatitis , retrospective cohort study , inflammation , case control study , platelet , stomatitis , immunology , disease
Mean platelet volume (MPV) is an indicator of platelet activation and aggregation. MPV has been found to be related with the inflammation of certain disorders in recent studies.