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Development of monocytosis in patients with primary myelofibrosis indicates an accelerated phase of the disease.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Feb 2013
Boiocchi Leonardo, Espinal-Witter Rosanny, Geyer Julia Turbiner, Steinhilber Julia, Bonzheim Irina, Knowles Daniel M, Fend Falko, Orazi Attilio
Abstract excerpt
Primary myelofibrosis is a type of chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by progressive bone marrow failure with worsening cytopenia and in a subset of patients, progression to acute leukemia. Published data in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes have shown that the development of monocytosis in the course of myelodysplastic syndromes is associated with a poor prognosis. A similar occurrence has...
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