Article
The clinical and laboratory evaluation of the patient with erythrocytosis.
European journal of internal medicine - 1 Jun 2015
Lee Grace, Arcasoy Murat O
Abstract excerpt
Erythrocytosis is frequently encountered as an incidental abnormality on laboratory testing that reveals persistent elevation of the hematocrit level (>52% in men and >48% in women). In many cases, erythrocytosis is the manifestation of an underlying cardiopulmonary process, drug-induced due to androgens, or secondary to smoking, rather than a primary bone marrow disorder such as polycythemia vera. A systematic...
Topics
- Female
- Hematocrit
- Humans
- Janus Kinase 2
- Male
- Mutation
- Polycythemia