Pretreatment Immature Platelet Fraction as a Surrogate of Reticulated Platelets Predicts the Response to Corticosteroids in Adults with Immune Thrombocytopenia.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings thus suggest that measuring the IPF% as a surrogate of reticulated platelets is useful to identify patients likely to respond to corticosteroids.
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Source: Acta Haematologica - September 16, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Takami A, Mizuno S, Nakamura A, Kanasugi J, Yamamoto H, Vu Quang L, Nakagami Y, Nakano Y, Yamada S, Matsumura S, Takasugi S, Uchino K, Horio T, Murakami S, Oohigashi Y, Nakayama T, Tani H, Enomoto M, Hanamura I Tags: Acta Haematol Source Type: research