Combination of recombinant factor VIIa and fibrinogen corrects clot formation in primary immune thrombocytopenia at very low platelet counts

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-236

  Larsen, Ole H ^a,b   Stentoft, Jesper ^a   Radia, Deepti ^c   Ingerslev, Jørgen ^a,b   Sørensen, Benny ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Platelets; Primary immune thrombocytopenia; Recombinant factor VIIa; Thromboelastometry

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FIBRINOGEN CONCENTRATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; ROMIPLOSTIM; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COAGULATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET COUNT; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECEPTORS, FC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBIN; THROMBOPLASTIN; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 84872261357     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12118     Document Type: Article

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