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.
Novartis Investigative Site, Songkla, Thailand
Prairie Lakes Health Care System, Watertown, South Dakota, United States
Medizinische Universität Wien, Innere Medizin I, Abt. Hämatologie und Hämastaseologie, Vienna, Austria
Universitätsklinikum; Klinik für Hämatologie, Essen, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Med. Klinik und Poliklinik I, Dresden, Germany
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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