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JAK2 V617F positive polycythemia Vera in a child with neurofibromatosis type I.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 Nov 2008
Berman Jason N, Greer Wenda L, Archambeault Sophie, Loh Mignon L, Riddell Christie, Morash Barbara, Dumas Nadine, Fernandez Conrad V, Ludman Mark D
Abstract excerpt
We report a child with polycythemia vera (PV). This patient demonstrates the acquired somatic JAK2 V617F mutation and also has neurofibromatosis type I (NF1). NF1, while not previously associated with PV, is associated with another childhood MPD, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML). Thus we examined a number of genetic abnormalities identified in JMML patients, but found no association in this case....
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