title: Relationship between platelet volume and anti-platelet autoantibodies in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.
abstract: We used flow cytometry to explore the relationship between platelet volume and anti-platelet autoantibodies in 71 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). An increase in platelet volume was found more frequently in patients with a platelet count of less than 20,000/microliters. Platelet volume was larger in patients without anti-GPIIb/IIIa autoantibodies than in patients with these autoantibodies. Furthermore, the platelet count was significantly lower in patients without anti-GIIb/IIIa autoantibodies than in the patients with these autoantibodies. There was a positive correlation between a large platelet volume in patients with a platelet count of less than 30,000/microliters and high platelet-associated IgM levels. These results suggest that the platelet volume is related to the severity of thrombocytopenia in ITP.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasunaga
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M