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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...

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Autores principales: Kohn, Barbara, Bal, Gürkan, Chirek, Aleksandra, Rehbein, Sina, Salama, Abdulgabar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27283401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-016-0718-4