The rise of reticulated platelets after intensive chemotherapy for AML reduces the need for platelet transfusions

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 271-273

  Stohlawetz, P ^a   Stiegler, G ^a   Knobl P ^a   Hocker P ^a   Panzer, S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Platelet transfusions; Reticulated platelets

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033047869     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002770050513     Document Type: Article

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