A case of familial thrombocytosis: Possible role of altered thrombopoietin production

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-397

  Fujiwara, Tohru ^a   Harigae, Hideo ^a   Kameoka, Junichi ^a   Yokoyama, Hisayuki ^a   Takahashi, Shinichiro ^a   Tomiya, Yasuo ^a   Yamada, Minami ^a   Ishizawa, Kenichi ^a   Imaizumi, Masue ^a   Sasaki, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

c MPL; Familial thrombocytosis; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPOIETIN; THROMBOPOIETIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; C MPL GENE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL THROMBOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 3342967557     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20105     Document Type: Article

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