Hydroxycarbamide associated platelet count oscillations in a patient with polycythaemia vera. A case report and review of the literature

Platelets

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 234-235

  Burthem, John ^a   Chaudhry, Mohammed Suhail ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydroxycarbamide; Platelet oscillations; Polycythaemia vera

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ANOMALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET COUNT; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449150051     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537100701882053     Document Type: Article

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