Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD A low platelet count—also called thrombocytopenia—means your blood has fewer than 150,000 platelets per microliter. Platelets are cells that help your blood clot.

Medically reviewed by Douglas A. Nelson, MD A high platelet count, or thrombocytosis, is diagnosed when platelet levels are greater than 450,000 platelets per microliter of blood. A high platelet ...

Background: Recent studies have demonstrated that platelet count (PLTc) and function have ... were analyzed along with PLTc before and after treatment. Associations with HsPDA and treatment ...

The radiopharmaceutical lutetium 177 can be used after radium 223 to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

He received treatment at an urgent care facility about ... the patient he was unsure about the cause of the persistently low platelets and recommended that he be seen by a hematologist to sort ...

Background: The HELLP syndrome is a serious complication in pregnancy characterized by haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count occurring in 0.5 to 0.9% of all pregnancies and in ...