British English: rationale NOUN. The rationale for a course of action, practice, or belief is the set of reasons on which it is based.However, the rationale for such initiatives is not, of course, solely economic.
Thrombocytosis is defined as a platelet count greater than 400 Ã 109/L. In routine clinical practice, thrombocytosis is much more likely to be reactive (> 80% of cases) than primary. Reactive thrombocytosis is usually associated with infections, inflammation, trauma, hemolysis, metastatic cancer, the postsplenectomy state, or iron deficiency anemia.
Essential Thrombocythemia. Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a type of blood cancer known as a myeloproliferative neoplasm. It involves the abnormal development and function of bone marrow cells that produce blood cells, and leads to the overproduction of blood cells known as platelets.