| Changes in Mean Platelet Volume and Platelet
Distribution Width after Therapy in
Childhood Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura |
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Jong Tai Kim, Kyung Won Lee, Soon Nam Kim, Moon Kyu Kim |
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Departments of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea |
| 소아 특발성 혈소판 감소성 자반증 환아에서 치료경과에 따른 평균 혈소판용적과 혈소판용적 분포폭의 변동 |
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김종태, 이경원, 김순남, 김문규 |
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아주대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
Correspondence:
Moon Kyu Kim, Email: mk6309@madang.ajou.ac.kr
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| Abstract |
Purpose
: Mean platelet volume(MPV) and platelet distribution width(PDW) are useful parameters in evaluating disorders of platelets. In cases with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura(ITP), they change as platelet count increases. In this study, we compared the values of MPV and PDW in ITP patients at diagnosis with those of normal children. We also studied whether the early changes in MPV may predict the clinical course.
Methods
: From December 1995 to May 2001, 71 patients with ITP were admitted to Ajou University Hospital. They were treated with IVIg 400 mg/kg for five days and MPV, PDW, platelet count were analysed. Normal control group(n=38) was compared. The study group was divided into acute and chronic forms, and also divided into group A, good early responders whose platelets increased more than 100,000/μL within 5 days and group B who did not.
Results
: Mean value of MPV at diagnosis in ITP patients was lower than the normal control group(P<0.05). In group A, MPV was abruptly increased on the first day after IVIg and then started to decrease. But in group B, MPV was steadily increased until the fourth day after IVIg. In the normal control group, there were inverse correlations between platelet count and MPV(r= -0.415, P<0.05), but in ITP patients, there were positive relationships between platelet count and MPV(r=0.646, P<0.05) at diagnosis.
Conclusion
: MPV at diagnosis of ITP was lower than the normal control. MPV and PDW could not predict the course of ITP patients, but MPV could distinguish good early responders. More research is needed to find out the reasons of decreased MPV at diagnosis of ITP. |
| Key Words:
Mean platelet volume, Platelet distribution width, Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Intravenous immunoglobulin |
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