Usefulness of granulocyte count measurement four hours after injection of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for detecting recovery from antithyroid drug-induced granulocytopenia

Thyroid

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 575-578

  Tajiri, Junichi ^a   Noguchi, Shiro ^b   Murakami, Nobuo ^b  

^a Tajiri Thyroid Clinic   (Japan)

^b Hospital Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030756658     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1997.7.575     Document Type: Article

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