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Thrombocytosis in rheumatoid arthritis: JAK2V617F-positive essential thrombocythemia.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jan 2012
Ayvaz Ozlem Cırpan, Yavasoglu Irfan, Kadikoylu Gurhan, Bozkurt Gokay, Bolaman Zahit
Abstract excerpt
Thrombocytosis is an important laboratory finding in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and it has a correlation with disease activity. Janus kinase 2 valin 617 phenylalanine (JAK2V617F) mutation has gained importance in the diagnosis of myeloproliferative diseases recently. There is no published report in literature on the association between RA and JAK2V617F-positive essential thrombocythemia (ET). In this report, we...
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