Markedly high plasma erythropoietin and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor levels in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-457

  Nakakuma, Hideki ^a   Nagakura, Shoichi ^a   Kawaguchi, Tatsuya ^a   Horikawa, Kentaro ^a   Iwamoto, Norihiro ^a   Kagimoto, Tadashi ^b   Takatsuki, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Cytokines; Myelodysplastic syndrome; Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; STEM CELL FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031404874     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-5710(97)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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