Treatment of 5 dogs with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia using Romiplostim
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Treatment of 5 dogs with immune-mediated thrombocytopenia using Romiplostim
BACKGROUND Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in dogs is analogous to that in humans. Romiplostim, a novel thrombopoietin receptor (TPO-R) agonist, is currently used for the treatment of refractory ITP in humans, but not in dogs. Here, we describe the response to romiplostim in five dogs with refractory ITP. Five dogs with severe and refractory ITP (three primary and two secondary) received romiplos...
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Erratum: n.b. The errors and associated corrections described in this document concerning the original manuscript were accountable to the production department handling this manuscript, and thus are no fault of the authors of this paper. Additionally, the online manuscript has now been updated with these corrections accordingly. The original version of the manuscript [1] contained incorrectly f...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Veterinary Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1746-6148
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-016-0718-4