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The G allele of the JAK2 rs10974944 SNP, part of JAK2 46/1 haplotype, is strongly associated with JAK2 V617F-positive myeloproliferative neoplasms.
Annals of hematology - 1 Oct 2010
Trifa Adrian P, Cucuianu Andrei, Petrov Ljubomir, Urian Laura, Militaru Mariela S, Dima Delia, Pop Ioan V, Popp Radu A
Abstract excerpt
Polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis are myeloproliferative neoplasms, characterized in a majority of cases by a unique somatic point mutation, JAK2 V617F. Recently, it was shown that JAK2 V617F occurs more frequently on a specific JAK2 haplotype, named JAK2 46/1. We genotyped 149 myeloproliferative neoplasms patients (69 had polycythemia vera, 65 had essential thrombocythemia,...
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