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Thrombocytosis

Thrombocytosis: Introduction

Thrombocytosis: An increased number of platelets in the blood. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Thrombocytosis is available below.

Symptoms of Thrombocytosis

• Arterial or venous blood clots
• Abnormal bleeding
• more symptoms...»

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Treatments for Thrombocytosis

• Treatment of underlying cause
• Aspirin
• Compression stockings
• Vitamin E - possibly used if condition is caused by vitamin E deficiency
• more treatments...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Thrombocytosis:

• Fatigue: Related Home Tests:
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  • Home Thyroid Gland Function Tests
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  • Home Calcium Deficiency Tests
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Thrombocytosis?

• Misdiagnosis of Thrombocytosis
• Hidden causes of Thrombocytosis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Thrombocytosis: Related Patient Stories

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Thrombocytosis: Deaths

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Thrombocytosis: Complications

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Causes of Thrombocytosis

• Pseudothrombocytosis
• Paraneoplastic syndrome
• Surgery complication
• Acute phase reaction
• Wegener's granulomatosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 15 causes of Thrombocytosis

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More information about causes of Thrombocytosis:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Thrombocytosis (12 listings)
• Thrombocytosis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Thrombocytosis as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Thrombocytosis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Thrombocytosis:

• Erythromegalia
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• Hyposlenism
• Essential thrombocytosis
• Myeloproliferative disease
• Polycythemia vera
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Thrombocytosis

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Thrombocytosis: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
  • Hematology (Blood Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
• more specialists...»

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Thrombocytosis: Animations

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Research about Thrombocytosis

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Clinical Trials for Thrombocytosis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Thrombocytosis include:

• Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Myelofibrosis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bone marrow ablation with stem cell support,busulfan,cytarabine,filgrastim,idarubicin
• Combination Chemotherapy Plus Bone Marrow or Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Myeloproliferative Disorders - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - busulfan,cyclophosphamide,cyclosporine,methotrexate,tacrolimus
• Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Myelofibrosis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - imatinib mesylate
• Tipifarnib in Treating Patients With Myelofibrosis and Myeloid Metaplasia - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - tipifarnib
• Lenalidomide and Prednisone in Treating Patients With Myelofibrosis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - lenalidomide,prednisone
• more trials...»

See full list of 81 Clinical Trials for Thrombocytosis

Thrombocytosis: Broader Related Topics

• Blood conditions
• more types...»

Types of Thrombocytosis

Thrombocytosis Message Boards

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• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Thrombocytosis:

Increased numbers of platelets in the peripheral blood. (Dorland, 27th ed) - (Source - Diseases Database)

Increase in the number of platelets in the blood which tends to cause clots to form; associated with many neoplasms and chronic infections and other diseases - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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