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JAK2(V617F) allele burden discriminates essential thrombocythemia from a subset of prefibrotic-stage primary myelofibrosis.
Experimental hematology - 1 Oct 2009
Hussein Kais, Bock Oliver, Theophile Katharina, von Neuhoff Nils, Buhr Thomas, Schlué Jerome, Büsche Guntram, Kreipe Hans
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Among Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (Ph(-) MPN), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and the prefibrotic phase of primary myelofibrosis (PMF) represent two subtypes with considerable overlap. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, histopathological classification of 490 MPN cases was correlated with the allelic burden of JAK2(V617F) and MPL(W515L). RESULTS: Ph(-) MPN entities...
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