Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Thyroid hormones are powerful mediators of numerous physiological and metabolic processes, including blood clotting, and thyroid dysfunction can adversely affect various stages in the coagulation cascade. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is used to measure platelet size and may indicate platelet activity. Studies have reported that increased MPV is associated with atherosclerotic lesions and cardiovascular diseases, and conflicting results have been reported for the relat...