title: Assessment of platelet indices in patients with neurodegenerative diseases: mean platelet volume was increased in patients with Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Platelets induce chronic inflammation which is a key step in atherosclerosis and may be involved in the progression of neurodegenerative diseases (NDD). We aimed to measure the mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet count (PLC) in NDD patients. The present study was designed to investigate the platelet function by measuring MPV and PLC in NDD. A total of 182 outpatients with Alzheimer's (AD) or Parkinson's diseases (PD) were included. The control group consisted of 104 healthy subjects. Platelet count was similar between groups. MPV values of PD patients were higher than those of AD patients and controls (P < 0.001). MPV correlated negatively with Heohn and Yahr scale (HYS) score (P < 0.001). Increased MPV in patients with PD may point to a platelet dysfunction. High-grade inflammation presents with low levels of MPV as seen in PD patients with high HYS scores.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey ; Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koçer
authors.affiliation: Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aslı
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.affiliation: Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Elvin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Niftaliyev
authors.affiliation: Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hümeyra
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dürüyen
authors.affiliation: Düzce University, Düzce, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eryılmaz
authors.affiliation: Bezmialem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koçer