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[Polycythemia vera developed after a major molecular response to imatinib mesylate treatment in a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia].
[Rinsho ketsueki] The Japanese journal of clinical hematology - 1 Mar 2014
Jomen Wataru, Kuroda Hiroyuki, Matsuno Teppei, Sato Masanori, Yamada Michiko, Abe Tomoyuki, Sakurai Tamaki, Fujii Shigeyuki, Maeda Masahiro, Fujita Miri, Kato Junji, Nojiri Shuichi
Abstract excerpt
A 68-year-old man complained of dizziness and was referred to our hospital by his primary physician for evaluation of an elevated leukocyte count. In April 2002, soon after the chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia had been diagnosed, he was treated with imatinib. In March 2010, imatinib treatment was completed and the BCR/ABL fusion gene had become undetectable by real time quantitative PCR. Subsequently,...
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