Severe Romiplostim-Induced Rebound Thrombocytopenia After Splenectomy for Refractory ITP

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-144

  Choe, Michael J ^a   Packer, Clifford D ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse; drug; eltrombopag; events; idiopathic thromobocytic purpura; megakaryocyte; mimetic; platelets; reaction; rebound; refractory; romiplostim; splenectomy; thrombocytosis; TPO

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLIPIZIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOPHANE INSULIN; METOPROLOL; NOSE SPRAY; OXYCODONE; OXYMETAZOLINE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; ROMIPLOSTIM; SIMETHICONE; FC RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; THROMBOPOIETIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPISTAXIS; GOUT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REBOUND THROMBOCYTOPENIA; REFRACTORY IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC;

HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RECEPTORS, FC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPOIETIN;

EID: 84919622374     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028014555540     Document Type: Article

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