Interleukin-11 administration normalizes the platelet count in a hypersplenic cirrhotic patient
| Autor: | G. B. Faguet, P. M. Dainer, Celalettin Ustun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Liver Cirrhosis
Male medicine.medical_specialty Cirrhosis Cystitis Interstitial Gastroenterology Hypersplenism Treatment Refusal Megakaryocyte Internal medicine medicine Humans Platelet Oprelvekin Jehovah's Witnesses Hematology Platelet Count business.industry Interstitial cystitis Cirrhotic patient General Medicine Middle Aged Interleukin-11 medicine.disease Thrombocytopenia Interleukin 11 medicine.anatomical_structure Immunology business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Hematology. 81:609-610 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0584 0939-5555 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00277-002-0507-y |
| Popis: | We report the successful administration of interleukin-11 (IL-11 or oprelvekin), a promoter of megakaryocyte maturation, to a 54-year-old male Jehovah's Witness with hepatic cirrhosis and hypersplenic thrombocytopenia requiring surgery for symptomatic interstitial cystitis. This observation suggests that oprelvekin might be crucial in the acute management of certain types of hypersplenic thrombocytopenias. |
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