Plasma erythropoietin by high-detectability immunoradiometric assay in untreated and treated patients with polycythaemia vera and essential thrombocythaemia

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 278-282

  Carneskog, Jan ^a   Kutti, Jack ^a,c   Wadenvik, Hans ^a   Lundberg, Per Arne ^b   Lindstedt, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Sarhlgrenska University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Essential thrombocythaemia; Packed cell volume; Plasma erythropoietin; Polycythaemia vera; Pseudopolycythaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0031840620     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1998.tb01040.x     Document Type: Article

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