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Recombinant human thrombopoietin as a novel platelet-driven regulator accelerating hepatic regeneration in acute

Yunzhi Shen1,2, Fengzheng Han3,4, Tao Wang2,5

  • 1Department of hepatobiliary surgery, Tianjin Third Central Hospital, Central Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Frontiers in Pharmacology
|January 28, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
acute liver failureliver regenerationplateletratsrecombinant human thrombopoietin

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