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Comparison of coated-platelet levels in patients with essential thrombocythemia with and without hydroxyurea treatment.
Platelets - 1 Jan 2013
Reményi Gyula, Szász Róbert, Debreceni Ildikó Beke, Szarvas Mariann, Batár Péter, Nagy Béla, Kappelmayer János, Udvardy Miklós
Abstract excerpt
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is an acquired myeloproliferative disorder with sustained increase of platelet count. This disease may be associated with thrombotic or bleeding complications due to the altered number and function of platelets. Coated-platelets produced by a simultaneous activation of collagen and thrombin represent a subpopulation of activated platelets with high prothombinase activity and the...
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