Eltrombopag is used to treat low blood platelet counts in adults with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia (ITP), when certain other medicines, or surgery to remove the spleen, have not worked well enough. ITP is a condition that may cause unusual bruising or bleeding due to an abnormally low number of platelets in the blood. Eltrombopag has also bee...
Thrombopoietin receptor agonists are pharmaceutical agents that stimulate platelet production in the bone marrow. In this, they differ from the previously discussed agents that act by attempting to curtail platelet destruction.
Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russian Federation
Novartis Investigative Site, Kronach, Germany
Novartis Investigative Site, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, Beijing, China
Hôpital Claude Huriez, CHU, Lille, France
Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, United States
Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Phoenix CHildren's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Heamtology Department, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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