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New advances in the pathogenesis and therapy of essential thrombocythemia.
Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program - 1 Jan 2008
Levine Ross L, Heaney Mark
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Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a hematopoietic disorder that manifests clinically as thrombocytosis, and patients with ET are at increased risk for developing thrombosis, myelofibrosis, and transformation to acute myeloid leukemia. Although ET was recognized as a distinct clinical syndrome more than 6 decades ago and was classified as a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) by William Dameshek in 1951, the...
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