Reticulated platelets and thrombopoietin in schistosomiasis patients

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-73

  Kopke Aguiar L A ^a   De Leon, C P ^a   Shigueoka, D C ^a   Lourenco D M ^a   Kouyomdjian, M ^a   Borges, D R ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Platelets; Portal hypertension; Reticulated platelets; Schistosomiasis; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; THIAZOLE ORANGE; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPLENIC VEIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VEIN DIAMETER;

BLOOD PLATELETS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 58449094084     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2007.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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