title: Is mean platelet volume a new predictor in confirming a diagnosis of acute appendicitis?
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Seongdong-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Woong Soo
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Think-you
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male