Prolonged thrombocytopenia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: associations with impaired platelet production and increased platelet turnover

Reticulated platelet counts correlate wi

Reticulated platelet counts correlate with treatment response in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and help identify the complex causes of thrombocytopenia in patients after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

✍ Anna-Katharina Thomas-Kaskel; Dominik Mattern; Gabriele Köhler; Jürgen Finke; Di 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 210 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## Background: In thrombocytopenic conditions of unknown origin, quantification of reticulated platelets (RP) in the peripheral blood by flow cytometry has been shown to differentiate increased platelet (Plt) turnover from insufficient Plt production. ## Methods: We used a whole bloo