Does mean platelet volume really increase in sudden sensorial hearing loss?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Relationship between platelet parameters and sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Bioscience reports · 2018
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2. The prognostic and predictive value of platelet parameters in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss.Open life sciences · 2020
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3. Reply to the letter to the editor by Beyan concerning: Increased mean platelet volume in patients with idiopathic subjective tinnitus.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016
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4. Increased mean platelet volume in patients with idiopathic subjective tinnitus.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2016
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5. Role of Platelet Parameters on Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Case-Control Study in Iran.PloS one · 2016
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Corrections and comments

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  Increased levels of mean platelet volume: a possible relationship with idiopathic sudden hearing loss.2013

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Funding

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