Thrombopoietin levels in patients with primary and reactive thrombocytosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-284

  Cerutti, Alberto ^a   Custodi, Pietro ^a   Duranti, Mauro ^a   Noris, Patrizia ^b   Balduini, Carlo L ^b  

^a S Biagio Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactants; Essential thrombocythaemia; Polycythaemia vera; Reactive thrombocytosis; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEGAKARYOCYTE; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0030663382     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3823196.x     Document Type: Article

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