A. Kosar et al., Circulating thrombopoietin and interleukin-6 in newly diagnosed autoimmuneversus aplastic thrombocytopenia, HAEMATOLOG, 83(11), 1998, pp. 1055-1056
Circulating thrombopoietin and interleukin-6 concentrations were investigat
ed in two different settings of thrombocytopenia. Twenty patients with auto
immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ATP), 12 patients with aplastic anemia (AA
) and 15 healthy subjects were studied. Thrombopoietin was significantly in
creased in AA and deficient in ATP. Interleukin-6 was significantly increas
ed in ATP, compared to both other groups.