Case of Feline Idiopathic Immune-mediated Thrombocytopenia Effectively Treated with Cyclophosphamide after Splenectomy
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Splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia.
As with most reports of splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia, the recent study claiming efficacy of splenectomy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related thrombocytopenia is uncontrolled, and combines responses of more and less severely thrombocytopenic patients.' In addition, important information is omitted. What were the mean platelet count increases, partial versus complete response...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0446-6454,2186-0211
DOI: 10.12935/jvma.67.269