Primary Myelofibrosis: Update on Definition, Pathogenesis, and Treatment

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Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a clonal stem cell disorder that manifests clinically as anemia, splenomegaly due to extramedullary hematopoiesis, leukoerythroblastosis, and constitutional symptoms, which are the clinical hallmarks of PMF. Within the past three years it has been determined that a single, recurrent, somatic mutation in the gene encoding the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) occurs...

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