Spontaneous remission during two pregnancies in a patient with essential thrombocythaemia

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 597-600

  Samuelsson, Jan ^a   Swolin, Birgitta ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Essential thrombocythaemia; Platelet aggregation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0030837929     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428199709039050     Document Type: Article

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