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Incidence rates and risk factors for vascular events in patients with essential thrombocythemia: a multicenter study from Korea.
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia - 1 Feb 2012
Lee Ho Sup, Park Lee Chun, Lee Eun Mi, Lee Shin Jun, Shin Seong Hoon, Im Hana, Do Kil Min, Kim Eeon Jin, Ye Byeong Jin, Song Moo Kon, Kim Sung-Hyun, Lee Sang Min, Lee Won Sik, Kim Yang Soo
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BACKGROUND: Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is classified as a Philadelphia chromosome-negative classic myeloproliferative neoplasm. ET is a clonal stem cell disorder that is often associated with JAK2 mutations and shares phenotypic and pathogenetic similarities with other myeloproliferative neoplasms. Hemorrhagic complications and arterial and venous thrombosis are common in patients with ET. The aim of this...
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