Serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor levels in patients with chronic neutropenia of childhood: Modulation of G-CSF levels by myeloid precursor cell mass

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 486-490

  Kobayashi, Masao ^a   Ueda, Kazuhiro ^b   Kojima, Seiji ^c   Nishihira, Hirokazu ^d   Ishiguro, Akira ^e   Shimbo, Toshikazu ^e   Nakahata, Tatsutoshi ^f  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Children's Medical Centre   (Japan)

^d KANAGAWA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absolute neutrophil count; Chronic benign neutropenia; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor receptor; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Severe congenital neutropenia

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032943034     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1999.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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