Essential thrombocythaemia in children

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 691-698

  Dror, Yigal ^a,b   Blanchette, Victor S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Childhood; Essential thrombocythaemia; Familial thrombocytosis; Myeloproliferative disorder

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYUREA; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROID CELL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MEGAKARYOCYTE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033391661     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01545.x     Document Type: Review

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