The circulating platelet count is not dictated by the liver, but may be determined in part by the bone marrow: Analyses from human liver and stem cell transplantations

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1624-1630

  Lisman, T ^a   Pittau, G ^b   Leite, F J T ^c,d   De Boer, M T ^a   Meijer, K ^a   Kluin Nelemans, H C ^a   Huls, G ^a   Te Boome, L C J ^e   Kuball, J ^e   Nowak, G ^f   Fan, S T ^g   Azoulay, D ^b   Porte, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Homeostasis; Liver transplantation; Platelet

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPOIETIN;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES, FAMILIAL; BLOOD PLATELETS; BONE MARROW; CHINA; EUROPE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PLATELET COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOPOIETIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865255695     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2012.04800.x     Document Type: Article

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