Effect of splenectomy on type-1/type-2 cytokine gene expression in a patient with adult idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)

BMC Blood Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Panitsas, Fotios P ^a   Mouzaki, Athanasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; CYTOKINE; DANAZOL; ETHIDIUM; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; IONOMYCIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPLENECTOMY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE LIFESPAN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 13644261752     PISSN: 14712326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2326-4-4     Document Type: Article

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