Amino acid sequence homology of thrombopoietin and erythropoietin may explain thrombocytosis in children with iron deficiency anemia

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2003 Aug;25(8):675-6. doi: 10.1097/00043426-200308000-00023.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / complications*
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Erythropoietin / genetics*
  • Erythropoietin / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid*
  • Stem Cells
  • Thrombocytosis / etiology*
  • Thrombopoietin / genetics*
  • Thrombopoietin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Erythropoietin
  • Thrombopoietin