Serum Thrombopoietin Levels and Its Relationship With Thrombocytopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis

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TEMEL T., ÜSKÜDAR CANSU D., TEMEL H. E., ÖZAKYOL A.

HEPATITIS MONTHLY, cilt.14, sa.5, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5812/hepatmon.18556
  • Dergi Adı: HEPATITIS MONTHLY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Liver Cirrhosis, Thrombocytopenia, Thrombopoietin, CHRONIC LIVER-DISEASE, CHRONIC HEPATITIS, INFECTION, TRANSPLANTATION
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Patients with cirrhosis usually have thrombocytopenia in discrete levels. The mechanism of thrombocytopenia is thought as splenic sequestration and destruction of platelets, impaired bone marrow generation and diminished hepatic thrombopoietin synthesis.