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JAK2V617F mutation and spontaneous megakaryocytic or erythroid colony formation in patients with essential thrombocythaemia (ET) or polycythaemia vera (PV).
Leukemia research - 1 Jan 2009
Mustjoki Satu, Borze Ioana, Lasho Terra L, Alitalo Riitta, Pardanani Animesh, Knuutila Sakari, Juvonen Eeva
Abstract excerpt
The in vitro cultures of erythroid (BFU-E) and megakaryocytic (CFU-Meg) progenitors have been useful diagnostic tools in myeloproliferative disorders (MPD). However, after the discovery of the JAK2V617F mutation, their diagnostic role has been uncertain. In this single-centre retrospective study we analyzed JAK2V617F mutation in 58 ET and 42 PV patients diagnosed according to WHO criteria and compared the results...
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