Increased levels of soluble flt-3 ligand in serum and long-term bone marrow culture supernatants in patients with chronic idiopathic neutropenia: Short report

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 637-639

  Papadaki, Helen A ^a,c   Damianaki, Athina ^a   Pontikoglou, Charalampos ^a   Pyrovolaki, Katerina ^a   Eliopoulos, Dimitris G ^a   Stavroulaki, Emily ^a   Eliopoulos, George D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Creta Interclinic Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic idiopathic neutropenia; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Long term bone marrow culture; Myelopoiesis; Soluble flt 3 ligand

Indexed keywords

FLT3 LIGAND; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW CULTURE; CD34+ CELL; CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC NEUTROPENIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOID PROGENITOR CELL; MYELOPOIESIS; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUPERNATANT;

ADULT; AGED; BONE MARROW CELLS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644895705     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05903.x     Document Type: Article

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