Quantifying the reduction in immunoglobulin use over time in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura receiving romiplostim (AMG 531)

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 538-540

  Pullarkat, Vinod A ^a   Gernsheimer, Terry B ^b   Wasser, Jeffrey S ^c   Newland, Adrian ^d   Guthrie Jr , Troy H ^e   De Wolf, Joost Th M ^f   Stewart, Ron ^g   Berger, Dietmar ^g  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DeQuattro Community Cancer Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Baptist Cancer Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PLACEBO; ROMIPLOSTIM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECEPTORS, FC;

EID: 67749110321     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21463     Document Type: Article

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