[Diagnostic work-up of erythrocytosis].

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Finding increased red cell indices - elevated RBC count, hemoglobin, or hematocrit (erythrocytosis) - is common in medicine. The key question is whether this reflects a myeloproliferative neoplasm (polycythemia vera, primary myelofibrosis, or essential thrombocythemia) driven by mutations such as JAK2, because it can cause thrombotic or hemorrhagic complications or progress to myeloid leukemia. We propose a...

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