Relation of serum levels of thrombopoietin to thrombocytopenia in extrahepatic portal vein obstruction versus cirrhotic children

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  El Sayed, Rokaya ^a   El Ela, Mona Abou ^a   El Raziky, Mona S ^a   Helmy, Heba ^a   El Ghaffar, Amany Abd ^b   El Karaksy, Hanaa ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

children; cirrhosis; thrombocytopenia; thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; THROMBOPOIETIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD PUGH CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSPLENISM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PORTAL VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 80053294773     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31821d80be     Document Type: Article

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