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The clinical phenotype of wild-type, heterozygous, and homozygous JAK2V617F in polycythemia vera.
Cancer - 1 Feb 2006
Tefferi Ayalew, Lasho Terra L, Schwager Susan M, Strand Jacob S, Elliott Michelle, Mesa Ruben, Li Chin-Yang, Wadleigh Martha, Lee Stephanie J, Gilliland D Gary
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Several studies have recently reported on the occurrence of a JAK2(V617F) mutation in myeloid cells from the majority of patients with polycythemia vera (PV). The clinical relevance of this novel observation currently is under study. METHODS: In a single institutional study, mutation screening for JAK2(V617F) was performed in DNA derived from archived blood granulocytes from 63 consecutive patients...
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