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A der(18)t(9;18)(p13;p11) and a der(9;18)(p10;q10) in polycythemia vera associated with a hyperproliferative phenotype in transformation to postpolycythemic myelofibrosis.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 15 Jan 2007
Larsen Thomas Stauffer, Hasselbalch Hans Carl, Pallisgaard Niels, Kerndrup Gitte Birk
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal aberrations in polycythemia vera (PV) are heterogenous and nonrandom. A prognostic predictive value of these aberrations has not been established. The V617F mutation in the JAK2 gene on chromosome 9p24.1 was identified recently in peripheral blood leukocytes in the majority of patients with PV and in approximately half of patients with essential thrombocythemia and idiopathic myelofibrosis. Within the...
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