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Budd-Chiari syndrome in very young adult patients with polycythemia vera: report of case series with good outcome with direct thrombin inhibitor treatment.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Dec 2013
Goldstein Gal, Maor Jacob, Kleinbaum Yeruham, Palumbo Michal, Sidi Yehezkel, Salomon Ophira
Abstract excerpt
Polycythemia vera is a Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative disorder with incidence of 1% under the age of 25. The Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a well known complication of polycythemia vera even in children, and characterized by occlusion of hepatic outflow. A computerized archive search of medical records at Sheba Medical Center of the past three decades of patients with polycythemia vera and...
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