Changes in serum thrombopoietin levels after splenectomy

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Ichikawa, Naoaki ^a   Kitano, Kiyoshi ^a   Shimodaira, Shigetaka ^a   Ishida, Fumihiro ^a   Ito, Toshiro ^a   Kajikawa, Shoji ^a   Tahara, Tomoyuki ^b   Kato, Takashi ^b   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver cirrhosis; Splenectomy; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLENECTOMY; STOMACH CANCER; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 0032406138     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000040888     Document Type: Article

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