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Polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: 2015 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification and management.
American journal of hematology - 1 Feb 2015
Tefferi Ayalew, Barbui Tiziano
Abstract excerpt
DISEASE OVERVIEW: Polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are myeloproliferative neoplasms, respectively characterized by erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis. Other disease features include leukocytosis, splenomegaly, thrombosis, bleeding, microcirculatory symptoms, pruritus, and risk of leukemic or fibrotic transformation. DIAGNOSIS: PV is defined by a JAK2 mutation, whose absence, combined with...
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