Risk of thrombosis in patients with essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera according to JAK2 V617F mutation status

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We compared the laboratory and clinical findings of 179 patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) and 77 with polycythemia vera (PV) classified according to the presence of the JAK2 V617F mutation. A gradient was observed in laboratory values between patients with JAK2 wild-type ET, JAK2 V617F ET and PV (all of whom carried the JAK2 mutation). The rate of thrombotic complications in JAK2-positive ET patients...

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