Sensitivity and specificity of mean platelet volume as a laboratory marker for irritable bowel syndrome: Can it be added to Rome criteria?

Mostafa Vaghari-Tabari Soheila Moein Durdi Qujeq Mehrdad Kashifard Haydeh Alaoddolehei Karimollah Hajian-Tilaki

Published in: African journal of laboratory medicine (2020)

Mean platelet volume is potentially a useful laboratory marker for distinguishing between IBS patients and healthy individuals. Red blood cell distribution width should be considered as a potential marker to distinguish among IBS and IBD patients.

Keyphrases

irritable bowel syndrome
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
red blood cell
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
climate change