Platelet counts were studied retrospectively in a series of 64 patients suspected of primary malignant pleural mesothelioma. Only platelet counts taken before chemotherapy and radiotherapy and surgery other than thoracocentesis were considered. Thirty-two patients had malignant pleural mesothelioma
Thrombocytosis in patients with malignant pleural mesotheliomia
β Scribed by Takashi Nakano; Junji Fujii; Shinsuke Tamura; Toshikazu Hada; Kazuya Higashino
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 271 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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