Endogenous serum levels of thrombopoietic cytokines in healthy whole- blood and platelet donors: Implications for plateletpheresis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 511-513

  Tacke, F ^a   Schoffski P ^a   Trautwein, C ^b   Martin, M U ^b   Stangel, W ^b   Seifried, E ^c   Manns, M P ^b   Ganser, A ^a   Petersen, D ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Dept of Gastroenterol/Hepatology ^*  (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 11; Plateletpheresis; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 6; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-11; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELETPHERESIS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 0032923835     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1999.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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