Immediate extraction-implantation and provisionalization (IIP): Esthetic evaluation of IIP surgical protocols via the Pink Esthetic Score: a retrospective cross-sectional study of... by Coiffic Syliane, Soulas Hugues, Hamon Julien

“…When indicated, EIIP treatment appears to be the treatment's choice for the management of compromised teeth in the antero-maxillary region, whatever the biomaterial used in the protocol (xenogeneic graft, platelet-rich fibrin, connective tissue graft, membrane, alloplastic substitute). …”
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Administration of Traditional Chinese Blood Circulation Activating Drugs for Microvascular Complications in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Lisha He, Han Wang, Chengjuan Gu, Xinhui He, Linhua Zhao, Xiaolin Tong

“…Furthermore, we summarized the effects and mechanism of TCM on improving blood rheology, inhibiting aggregation of platelet, forming advanced glycation end products (AGEs), regulating oxidative stress, reducing blood fat, and improving lipid metabolism. …”
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Investigation of Doxorubicin Efficiency in Some Hematological Parameters in Women with Breast Cancer in Iraq by Hanan B. Saadon

“…The patient group had a mean platelet count of 321.7, higher than the control group's 251.4, indicating a statistically significant difference at a significance level of α ≤ 0.05. …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors and the Establishment of a Predictive Model for Thrombosis in Patients with Immune Thrombocytopenia by Hui Liang MD, Lingxue Duan BSc, Manyu Long BSc, Songyuan Tie BSc, Changyan Sun BSc, Sha Ma PhD, Jing Wang PhD, Shuya Wang BSc

“…Results Stepwise logistic regression analysis indicated that a high D-dimer level, a low PC (platelet count) and a high Padua score were independent risk factors for thrombosis in ITP patients. …”
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Immune Thrombocytopenia and JAK2V617F Positive Essential Thrombocythemia: Literature Review and Case Report by M. A. Sobas, T. Wróbel, K. Zduniak, M. Podolak-Dawidziak, J. Rybka, M. Biedroń, M. Sawicki, J. Dybko, K. Kuliczkowski

“…We present the case where immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) sequentially appeared in the space of twenty-one years of follow-up. Impaired platelet production is present in both diseases, but clinical presentation and treatment are different. …”
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Evaluation of hematologic parameters in children with Down syndrome by Hasibe Artaç, Hülya Özdemir

“…In this study, we aimed to investigate peripheral blood-derived inflammation biomarkers such as neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio, platelet/lymphocyte ratio, and eosinophil/monocyte ratio in patients with Down syndrome. …”
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Laboratory Markers in the Prediction of Acute Perforated Appendicitis in Children by Jing Yang, Chong Liu, Yuxia He, Zhangqiao Cai

“…Clinical (demographic characteristics, symptoms, and signs) and laboratory data (white blood cell count, C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin, D-lactate, platelet count, bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase) were collected and compared between perforated and nonperforated groups. …”
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Do Not Be Fooled by Fancy Mutations: Inflammatory Fibroid Polyps Can Harbor Mutations Similar to Those Found in GIST by Bodil Bjerkehagen, Kristin Aaberg, Sonja E. Steigen

“…Surgeons that remove a typical polyp from the stomach or small intestine should be reluctant to accept a diagnosis of GIST just because there is a mutation in platelet-derived growth factor receptor alfa (PDGFRA). …”
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Systemic Inflammatory Response during Laparotomy by Ahmad Mahamid, Basel Jabarin, Gidon Almogy

“…A prospective study investigating the levels of white blood cells, C-reactive protein, platelets, interleukin-six, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha during laparotomy in five patients who suffered from secondary peritonitis. …”
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Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatic Metastasis from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma by Anil Rahul, Fernandes Robin, Hiremath Adarsh

“…His hemoglobin (Hb) was 7.9 g/dL (10 days prior to presentation 12.2 g/dL), International normalized ratio (INR), platelet count was normal, and the stool guaiac test was negative. …”
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Importance of fasting serum glucose, haemoglobin a1c and fructosamine in the diagnosis of diabetes by Bahadır Ersan, Mahmut Ok

“…White blood cell, red blood cell, haemoglobin, platelet counts, paced cell volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration and mean corpuscular volume values were determined. …”
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Systemic immune inflammation index as a predictor of disease severity in tetanus patients: A retrospective observational study. by Dai Cheng, Ding Wenying, Huang Jizheng, Sun Wei, Li Liang, Han Guolei, Yang Hao

“…There were statistically significant differences in white blood cell count, platelet count, neutrophil count, and SII between the two groups (P<0.05). …”
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Neurological Complications of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus: A Report of Two Cases and Review of the Literature by Hussein Algahtani, Ahmad Subahi, Bader Shirah

“…The first patient had an intracerebral hemorrhage as a result of thrombocytopenia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and platelet dysfunction. The second case was a case of critical illness polyneuropathy complicating a long ICU stay. …”
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Hairy Cell Leukemia in Pregnancy by Beni Adegoke Adeniji, Moses Fallas, Marc Incerpi, Solomon Hamburg, Robert Katz, Dotun Ogunyemi

“…We present a successful case of laparoscopic splenectomy for a massively enlarged spleen at 25 weeks of gestation for hairy cell leukemia in pregnancy in a woman with initial hemoglobin of 4.3 gm/dl and platelet count of 18,000/mm3. Study Design. Case report. …”
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Brain Death Secondary to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Encephalitis by Steven D. Rhodes, Alicia M. Teagarden, Brian Graner, Riad Lutfi, Chandy C. John

“…A detailed travel history, evaluation of key laboratory findings (white blood count, platelet count, and transaminases), and close follow-up if rash and fevers persist may help to improve detection of RMSF. …”
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Degranulation of rat omental mast cells by A1 receptor agonists in vitro by A. M. Northover, B. J. Northover

“…In the rat isolated omental mast cell we conclude that degranulation is an indirect result of A1 receptor stimulation. Platelet-activating factor release appears to mediate at least part of the degranulation.…”
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First Description of the Clinical Activity of Avapritinib in Sporadic Mesenteric Desmoid Tumor by Rebecca Ganzon, Wei Chen, Gabriel Tinoco

“…Avapritinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) approved in 2020 for adults with unresectable or metastatic gastrointestinal (GI) stromal tumors (GISTs) harboring a platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) Exon 18 mutation, including D842V mutations. …”
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Maxillary osteonecrosis linked to Pembrolizumab therapy: a case report by Gosselin-Rousselle Louise, Gaudimier Zoé, Pamelard Pierre-Olivier, Sader Paul, Moizan Hervé

“…Management included sequestrectomy, curettage, placement of Platelet-rich-Fibrin (PRF) and antibiotics. Despite initial improvement, symptoms recurred. …”
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COVID-19-Induced Fatal Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Healthy Young Patient by Mariana Codevila Buere Pereira, Bruna Ruschel, Bruna Schneider, Vitor Salomão Gonçalves Melo de Melgar, Tatiana Helena Rech

“…The antibody-mediated reduced activity of the disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif, member 13 (ADAMTS13) induces the accumulation of ultrahigh-molecular-weight multimers of von Willebrand factor, leading to platelet aggregation and thrombosis. TTP can be an unusual presentation of COVID-19 disease mediated by the virus-induced immune response. …”
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The Interaction of Src Kinase with β3 Integrin Tails: A Potential Therapeutic Target in Thrombosis and Cancer by Stephan Huveneers, Erik H. J. Danen

“…A particularly intriguing connection between an integrin and a Src family kinase was first discovered in platelets, where the selective direct interaction of αIIbβ3 integrins with c-Src promotes full kinase activation of c-Src through its local clustering by the cytoplasmic tail of the β3 integrin subunit. …”
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