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Advances in understanding the pathogenesis of primary familial and congenital polycythaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Mar 2010
Huang Lily J, Shen Yu-Min, Bulut Gamze B
Abstract excerpt
Primary familial and congenital polycythemia (PFCP) is an autosomal-dominant proliferative disorder characterized by erythrocytosis and hypersensitivity of erythroid progenitors to erythropoietin (Epo). Several lines of evidence suggest a causal role of truncated erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) in this disease. In this review, we discuss PFCP in the context of erythrocytosis and EpoR signalling. We focus on recent...
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