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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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Main Authors:	Y.-F. Peng, Y.-X. Huang, Y.-S. Wei
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2016-05-01
Subjects:	Mean platelet volume Polymyositis Disease severity
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2016000600701&tlng=en