Circulating thrombopoietin level in chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 704-706

  Kosugi, Satoru ^a   Kurata, Yoshiyuki ^b   Tomiyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Tahara, Tomoyuki ^c   Kato, Takashi ^c   Tadokoro, Seiji ^a   Shiraga, Masamichi ^a   Honda, Shigenori ^a   Kanakura, Yuzuru ^a   Matsuzawa, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KIRIN BREWERY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aplastic anaemia; ITP; Thrombopoietin

Indexed keywords

THROMBOPOIETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 9344231924     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1702.x     Document Type: Article

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