Thrombocytopenia in myelodysplastic syndromes: time to lift the embargo on thrombomimetics?

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¹ The Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
² The Department of Internal Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Moshe Mittelman et al. Br J Haematol. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;194(2):231-233.

doi: 10.1111/bjh.17538. Epub 2021 Jun 20.

¹ The Department of Hematology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
² The Department of Internal Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Eltrombopag for myelodysplastic syndromes or chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia with no excess blasts and thrombocytopenia: a French multicentre retrospective real-life study.
Comont T, Meunier M, Cherait A, Santana C, Cluzeau T, Slama B, Laribi K, Giraud JT, Dimicoli S, Berceanu A, Le Clech L, Cony-Makhoul P, Gruson B, Torregrosa J, Sanhes L, Jachiet V, Azerad MA, Al Jijakli A, Gyan E, Gaudin C, Broner J, Guerveno C, Guillaume T, Ades PL, Beyne-Rauzy O, Fenaux P; Groupe Francophone des Myélodysplasies (GFM). Comont T, et al. Br J Haematol. 2021 Jul;194(2):336-343. doi: 10.1111/bjh.17539. Epub 2021 Jun 20. Br J Haematol. 2021. PMID: 34151423

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