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Sep 27, 2025, 15:04
Mehdi Farahani Explains Proplatelet and Diagnosis Methods
Mehdi Farahani, Medical Laboratory Scientist at Pars hospital, shared a post on LinkedIn:
- “Proplatelet: This is the correct term for the long, beaded, immature form of a platelet that is released from a megakaryocyte in the bone marrow. It is not yet a functioning cell but a precursor that fragments into individual platelets.
- Immature Platelet: Once the proplatelet breaks apart, the newly formed platelets are called “Immature Platelets” or Reticulated Platelets. They are slightly larger and more active than mature platelets.
- Understanding this process is crucial in medicine:
Diagnosis: A high Immature Platelet Fraction (IPF) in a patient with low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) suggests that the bone marrow is working hard to make new platelets (e.g., in immune thrombocytopenia). A low IPF suggests a problem with production in the bone marrow (e.g., due to chemotherapy or aplastic anemia).”
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