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Splenectomy normalizes hematocrit in murine polycythemia vera.
PloS one - 30 Sept 2009
Mo Jan-Rung, Mathur Anjili, Angagaw Minilik, Zhao Shuxia, Wang Yuxun, Gargano Diana, DiBacco Alessandra, Bachman Eric S
Abstract excerpt
Splenic enlargement (splenomegaly) develops in numerous disease states, although a specific pathogenic role for the spleen has rarely been described. In polycythemia vera (PV), an activating mutation in Janus kinase 2 (JAK2(V617)) induces splenomegaly and an increase in hematocrit. Splenectomy is...
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