Cyclic change of cytokines in a patient with cyclic thrombocytopenia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 171-174

  Kimura, Fumihiko ^a   Nakamura, Yukistugu ^a   Sato, Ken ^a   Wakimoto, Naoki ^a   Kato, Takashi ^b   Tahara, Tomoyuki ^b   Yamada, Muneo ^c   Nagata, Naokazu ^a   Motoyoshi, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

^c MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic thrombocytopenia; Interleukin 7; M CSF; Stem cell factor; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; INTERLEUKIN 7; STEM CELL FACTOR; THROMBOPOIETIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0030016135     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1783.x     Document Type: Article

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