The in vitro effect of pegylated recombinant human megakaryocyte growth and development factor (PEGrHuMGDF) on megakaryopoiesis in patients with aplastic anaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-126

  Brereton, Michelle L ^a   Adams, Julie A ^a   Briggs, Mark ^a   Liu Yin, John A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; In vitro; Megakaryopoiesis; PEGrHuMGDF growth factors

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MEGAKARYOCYTE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FACTOR; OXYMETHOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MEGAKARYOCYTE; MEGAKARYOPOIESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MEGAKARYOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 0032903583     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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