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JAK2(V617F) positive early stage myeloproliferative disease (essential thrombocythemia) as the cause of portal vein thrombosis in two middle-aged women: therapeutic implications in view of the literature.
Annals of hematology - 1 Nov 2007
Michiels J J, Commandeur S, Hoogenboom G J, Wegman J J, Scholten L, van Rijssel R H, De Raeve H
Abstract excerpt
The present study describes portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in two women as the first and single presenting symptom of latent or masked myeloproliferative disease (MPD). Essential thrombocythemia (ET) was suspected by a sustained increase in platelet count (>400 x 10(9)/l) and slight splenomegaly on echogram. ET could be diagnosed by the presence of large platelet in peripheral blood smear, an increase in clustered...
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