{"title":"Number of platelet dense granules varies with age, schizophrenia and dementia.","authors":"A Kessler, M Shinitzky, B Kessler","doi":"10.1159/000106966","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the present study we observed that the number of dense granules per platelet increases with age, attaining a maximum level above the age of about 40 years. Platelets of newborns apparently contain only a small number of dense granules per platelet. The numbers of platelet dense granules and platelet cell size in schizophrenic patients increase compared to age-matched healthy controls. In contrast, in Alzheimer-type dementia the number of platelet dense granules tends to decrease compared to healthy persons.</p>","PeriodicalId":79336,"journal":{"name":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"6 6","pages":"330-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000106966","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Dementia (Basel, Switzerland)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000106966","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the present study we observed that the number of dense granules per platelet increases with age, attaining a maximum level above the age of about 40 years. Platelets of newborns apparently contain only a small number of dense granules per platelet. The numbers of platelet dense granules and platelet cell size in schizophrenic patients increase compared to age-matched healthy controls. In contrast, in Alzheimer-type dementia the number of platelet dense granules tends to decrease compared to healthy persons.