What do large platelets in a blood smear mean? Morphological features of young platelets, reasons for their appearance, and their connection to bone marrow regeneration.
LARGE platelet. Large platelets are usually young platelets, making up less than 1% of the total platelet mass. Alternatively, they appear after an infection. An increase in their number is associated with an active regeneration process in the bone marrow.
🙏 The publication was kindly provided by KDL doctor Nana Novikova, CHUZ “KB” RZHD-Meditsina" Smolensk.
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