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Prevalence of the activating JAK2 tyrosine kinase mutation V617F in the Budd-Chiari syndrome.
Gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2006
Patel Raj K, Lea Nicholas C, Heneghan Michael A, Westwood Nigel B, Milojkovic Dragana, Thanigaikumar Murugaiyan, Yallop Deborah, Arya Roopen, Pagliuca Antonio, Gäken Joop, Wendon Julia, Heaton Nigel D, Mufti Ghulam J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) results from obstruction to hepatic venous outflow, with myeloproliferative disorder (MPD) accounting for up to 40% of cases. A number of BCS cases labelled as "idiopathic" do not fulfill the diagnostic criteria for MPD but have features suggestive of a latent form based on hyperplastic bone marrow and erythroid progenitor cell culture; these cases may subsequently...
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