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Leucocytosis in polycythaemia vera predicts both inferior survival and leukaemic transformation
3 Jul 2007
Abstract excerpt
Leucocytosis (leucocyte count >15 x 10(9)/l) was recently associated with thrombosis in polycythaemia vera (PV). This study sought the prognostic relevance of leucocytosis for survival and leukaemic or fibrotic transformation. Amongst 459 patients with PV seen at our institution in recent years (median age, 60 years; 56% males), 146 deaths and 88 leukaemic (n = 34) or fibrotic (n = 54) transformations were...
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