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The Amelioration of Myelofibrosis with Thrombocytopenia by a JAK1/2 Inhibitor, Ruxolitinib, in a Post-polycythemia Vera Myelofibrosis Patient with a JAK2 Exon 12 Mutation.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2017
Ikeda Kazuhiko, Ueda Koki, Sano Takahiro, Ogawa Kazuei, Ikezoe Takayuki, Hashimoto Yuko, Morishita Soji, Komatsu Norio, Ohto Hitoshi, Takeishi Yasuchika
Abstract excerpt
Less than 5% of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) show JAK2 exon 12 mutations. Although PV patients with JAK2 exon 12 mutations are known to develop post-PV myelofibrosis (MF) as well as PV with JAK2V617F, the role of JAK inhibitors in post-PV MF patients with JAK2 exon 12 mutations remains unknown. We describe how treatment with a JAK1/2 inhibitor, ruxolitinib, led to the rapid amelioration of marrow...
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