Amino acid sequence homology of thrombopoietin and erythropoietin may explain thrombocytosis in children with iron deficiency anemia [3]

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 675-676

  Bilic, Ernest ^a   Bilic, Ervina ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; THROMBOPOIETIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEMIA; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MEGAKARYOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEM CELLS; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 0041568328     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200308000-00023     Document Type: Letter

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