Lithium in the treatment of neutropenia

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-57

  Petrini, Mario ^a   Azzarà, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CD34; Engraftment; Neutropenia; Stem cell mobilization; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CD34 ANTIGEN; CLOZAPINE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CARBONATE; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; BONE MARROW CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENGRAFTMENT; FELTY SYNDROME; GRANULOCYTOPENIA; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SHWACHMAN SYNDROME; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LITHIUM CARBONATE; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 84856381277     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e32834da93b     Document Type: Review

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