Serum thrombopoietin levels in Kawasaki disease

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-388

  Mlura, Nobuyuki ^a   Terai, Masaru ^b   Gloria Meng, Y ^a   Sato, Takeyuki ^b   Nlimi, Hlroo ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary aneurysm; Kawasaki disease; Thrombocytopoiesis; Thrombopoietin; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 0031935214     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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