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Bone marrow fibrosis in myelofibrosis: pathogenesis, prognosis and targeted strategies.
Haematologica - 1 Jun 2016
Zahr Abdallah Abou, Salama Mohamed E, Carreau Nicole, Tremblay Douglas, Verstovsek Srdan, Mesa Ruben, Hoffman Ronald, Mascarenhas John
Abstract excerpt
Bone marrow fibrosis is a central pathological feature and World Health Organization major diagnostic criterion of myelofibrosis. Although bone marrow fibrosis is seen in a variety of malignant and non-malignant disease states, the deposition of reticulin and collagen fibrosis in the bone marrow of patients with myelofibrosis is believed to be mediated by the myelofibrosis hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell,...
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