Neurotic triad and change in blood platelet number in reaction to stress
Van Imschoot, K.; Liesse, M.; Mertens, C.; Lauwers, P.
L'Encephale 8(4): 501-510
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0013-7006 PMID: 7151739 Document Number: 192325
Blood platelet count is evaluated three times in reaction to catheterization stress in a group of 21 myocardial infarction patients and a group of 21 non-coronary subjects. Coronary and non-coronary patients are divided in two groups according to their low or high results at the psychological scales (hypochondria, depression, hysteria of the M.M.P.I.). The group of non-coronary patients with low results in hypochondria, depression and in the sum of the three psychological scales presents a lower platelet count than the other groups. The non-coronary subjects with high psychological results have the same platelet count as the coronary patients with high or low values.