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Decrease in JAK2 V617F allele burden is not a prerequisite to clinical response in patients with polycythemia vera.
Haematologica - 1 Apr 2012
Kuriakose Emil, Vandris Katherine, Wang Y Lynn, Chow William, Jones Amy V, Christos Paul, Cross Nicholas C P, Silver Richard T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Although reduction in the JAK2(V617F) allele burden (%V617F) has been suggested as a criterion for defining disease response to cytoreductive therapy in polycythemia vera, its value as a response monitor is unclear. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a reduction in %V617F in polycythemia vera is a prerequisite to achieving hematologic remission in response to cytoreductive therapy....
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