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The V617F JAK2 mutation and the myeloproliferative disorders.
Hematological oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Percy Melanie J, McMullin Mary Frances
Abstract excerpt
The discovery this year of a single mutation in the Janus Kinase (JAK)-2 gene in a high percentage of cases of polycythaemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythaemia (ET) and myelofibrosis suggests that it maybe the underlying molecular mechanism for these disorders. Different approaches from the inhibition of the tyrosine kinase JAK2, widespread search for mutations in tyrosine kinases, and investigation of the...
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