Evaluation of thrombocytopenia in the hematology clinic: a case series from a large tertiary care center

Aishwarya Ravindran; Ronald S. Go; Kaaren K. Reichard; Ariela L. Marshall

doi:10.5045/br.2018.53.2.166

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Published online June 25, 2018

https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2018.53.2.166

Evaluation of thrombocytopenia in the hematology clinic: a case series from a large tertiary care center

Aishwarya Ravindran^1,2, Ronald S. Go¹, Kaaren K. Reichard², and Ariela L. Marshall^1*

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¹Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

²Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Correspondence to : Ariela L. Marshall. Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. marshall.ariela@mayo.edu

Received: July 24, 2017; Revised: November 27, 2017; Accepted: November 27, 2017

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Letter to the Editor

Blood Res 2018; 53(2): 166-167

Published online June 25, 2018 https://doi.org/10.5045/br.2018.53.2.166

Evaluation of thrombocytopenia in the hematology clinic: a case series from a large tertiary care center

Aishwarya Ravindran^1,2, Ronald S. Go¹, Kaaren K. Reichard², and Ariela L. Marshall^1*

¹Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

²Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Correspondence to:Ariela L. Marshall. Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. marshall.ariela@mayo.edu

Received: July 24, 2017; Revised: November 27, 2017; Accepted: November 27, 2017

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Evaluation of thrombocytopenia in the hematology clinic..

^a)One of these patients with chronic liver disease also had other possible etiologies of the thrombocytopenia, including medications and possible Epstein-Barr virus reactivation, and hence was included as 1 among 23 cases with a multifactorial cause..