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Bone marrow histomorphology and JAK2 mutation status in essential thrombocythemia.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 2007
Stauffer Larsen Thomas, Hasselbalch Hans Carl, Pallisgaard Niels, Møller Michael Boe
Abstract excerpt
A retrospective study of 38 essential thrombocythemia (ET) patients was conducted, reviewing bone marrow biopsies according to WHO criteria using a semiquantitative scoring system. Four patients did not fulfil the WHO criteria for a myeloproliferative disorder and one biopsy was insufficient for evaluation. 14 patients were reclassified as having prefibrotic idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF), whilst the ET diagnosis...
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