Cell-mediated amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia associated with systemic lupus erythematosus
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Cell-mediated amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
We studied a patient with a rare complication of amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (AMT) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). To investigate the underlying pathogenesis of AMT, the effects of peripheral blood T cells and serum on human megakaryocyte progenitor cells were studied using in vitro coculture techniques. Mononuclear bone marrow cells (2 X 10(5) from normal donors produc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v67.2.479.bloodjournal672479