Immature platelet fraction as a predictor of platelet recovery following hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation

Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 125-130

  Zucker, Marjorie L ^a   Murphy, Carol A ^a   Rachel, Jane M ^a   Martinez, Gregory A ^a   Abhyankar, Sunil ^b   McGuirk, Joseph P ^b   Reid, Kimberly J ^c   Plapp, Fred V ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation; Hematopoietic recovery; Immature platelet fraction

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPOIETIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW; CELL MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; MYELOID METAPLASIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SOLID TUMOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; BONE MARROW CELLS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOPOIESIS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 33748591599     PISSN: 10802924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/LH96.06012     Document Type: Article

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