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Somatic JAK-2 V617F Mutational Analysis in Polycythemia Rubra Vera: a Tertiary Care Center Experience.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2016
Sultan Sadia, Irfan Syed Mohammed, Khan Sadia Rashid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polycythemia rubra vera (PV), being a primary polycythemia, is caused by neoplastic proliferation of erythroid, megakaryocytic and granulocytic lineages which result in panmyelosis. PV patients have a somatic acquired mutation in the Janus kinase (JAK2) pathway, rendering cell proliferation independent of the normal regulatory mechanisms that regulate erythropoiesis. The rational of this study was to...
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