Publication Date:
2004-11-16
Description:
Prolonged thrombocytopenia is one of late complications in patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), but its pathogenic process is unclear in the majority of cases. In this study, mechanisms for thrombocytopenia in allo-HSCT recipients were examined using a series of parameters useful for discriminating immune thrombocytopenia from bone marrow failure. Forty-one patients who underwent allo-HSCT and survived for 〉100 days without recurrence were enrolled. Of these, 20 (49%) had prolonged thrombocytopenia (
Print ISSN:
0006-4971
Electronic ISSN:
1528-0020
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine