Eltrombopag fails to improve severe thrombocytopenia in late-stage dyskeratosis congenita and diamond-blackfan-anaemia

Karolin Trautmann; Christiane Jakob; Ulrich von Grünhagen; Eberhard Schleyer; Tim H. Brümmendorf; Gabriele Siegert; Gerhard Ehninger; Uwe Platzbecker

doi:10.1160/TH12-02-0121

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thromb Haemost 2012; 108(02): 397-398
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-02-0121

Letters to the Editor

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Eltrombopag fails to improve severe thrombocytopenia in late-stage dyskeratosis congenita and diamond-blackfan-anaemia

Karolin Trautmann

¹Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, University Hospital Dresden, Germany

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Christiane Jakob

²Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Dresden, Germany

,

Ulrich von Grünhagen

³Oncology Practice, Cottbus, Germany

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Eberhard Schleyer

⁴Carl-von-Basedow Clinic, Merseburg, Germany

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Tim H. Brümmendorf

⁵Department of Oncology and Hematology, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

,

Gabriele Siegert

⁶Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Dresden, Germany

,

Gerhard Ehninger

¹Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, University Hospital Dresden, Germany

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Uwe Platzbecker

¹Medical Clinic and Policlinic I, University Hospital Dresden, Germany

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