Effects of lithium on thrombopoiesis in patients with low platelet cell counts following chemotherapy or radiotherapy

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-148

  Hager, E D ^a   Dziambor, H ^a   Hohmann D ^a   Winkler, P ^a   Strama, H ^a  

^a BioMed Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Cost effectiveness; Cytokines; Lithium; Platelets; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; FLT3 LIGAND; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOMINERASE; LITHIUM CARBONATE; STEM CELL FACTOR; THROMBOPOIETIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPENIA; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLATELET COUNT; RADIOTHERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0035195303     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:83:2:139     Document Type: Article

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