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Polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: 2017 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification, and management.
American journal of hematology - 1 Jan 2017
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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