Thrombocytosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: A possible clue to autosplenectomy?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1497-1501

  Castellino, Gabriella ^a,b   Govoni, Marcello ^b   Prandini, Napoleone ^a   Limpido, Gessica ^b   Bernardi, Simone ^b   Campione, Diana ^a   Lanza, Francesco ^a   Trotta, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Thrombocytosis autosplenectomy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; AUTOSPLENECTOMY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TARGET CELL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 34447512912     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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