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Discriminating between essential thrombocythemia and masked polycythemia vera in JAK2 mutated patients.
American journal of hematology - 1 Jun 2014
Barbui Tiziano, Thiele Jürgen, Carobbio Alessandra, Guglielmelli Paola, Rambaldi Alessandro, Vannucchi Alessandro M, Tefferi Ayalew
Abstract excerpt
In patients not meeting the required hematocrit (HCT) or hemoglobin (Hb) thresholds according to BCSH and the WHO diagnostic criteria, the diagnosis of masked polycythemia vera (mPV) has been proposed. A comparison of HCT or Hb values with the expression of JAK2V617F, JAK2 exon 12, and CALR mutations in strictly WHO-defined 257 overt PV and 140 mPV (59 mPV according to BCSH) and 397 patients with essential...
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