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Understanding Splenomegaly in Myelofibrosis: Association with Molecular Pathogenesis.
International journal of molecular sciences - 18 Mar 2018
Song Moo-Kon, Park Byeong-Bae, Uhm Ji-Eun
Abstract excerpt
Myelofibrosis (MF) is a clinical manifestation of chronic BCR-ABL1-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms. Splenomegaly is one of the major clinical manifestations of MF and is directly linked to splenic extramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH). EMH is associated with abnormal trafficking patterns of clonal hematopoietic cells due to the dysregulated bone marrow (BM) microenvironment leading to progressive...
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