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Progenitors homozygous for the V617F mutation occur in most patients with polycythemia vera, but not essential thrombocythemia
14 Jun 2006
Abstract excerpt
An acquired V617F JAK2 mutation occurs in patients with polycythemia vera (PV) or essential thrombocythemia (ET). In a proportion of V617F-positive patients, mitotic recombination produces mutation-homozygous cells that come to predominate with time. However, the prevalence of homozygosity is unclear, as previous reports studied mixed populations of wild-type, V617F-heterozygous, and V617F-homozygous mutant...
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