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Clinical and laboratory significance of defective P2Y(12) pathway function in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms: a pilot study.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 2013
Chang Hung, Shih Lee-Yung, Michelson Alan D, Dunn Po, Frelinger Andrew L, Wang Po-Nan, Kuo Ming-Chung, Lin Tung-Liang, Wu Jin-Hou, Tang Tzung-Chih
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) have an increased risk for thrombosis and bleeding and show a defect in adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation. This risk of thrombosis is further increased in MPN patients bearing the JAK2V617F mutation. Two ADP receptors, P2Y1 and P2Y12, are present on platelets. Although the pattern of defective ADP-induced platelet aggregation in...
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