title: Usage of eltrombopag for chronic immune thrombocytopenia as a pretreatment for splenectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. uwatadashi@msn.com
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uwagawa
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Misawa
authors.forename: Kenei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: Ryusuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yasuro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Futagawa
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yahagi
authors.forename: Kesuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aiba
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yanaga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001565:Benzoates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011720:Pyrazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D053628:Receptors, Thrombopoietin / Q000819:agonists / Q000378:metabolism; D013156:Splenectomy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006834:Hydrazines; D011720:Pyrazoles; D053628:Receptors, Thrombopoietin; D003907:Dexamethasone; D011239:Prednisolone; C520809:eltrombopag