[Approach to the Patient with Polycythemia].

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INTRODUCTION: Polycythemia is defined as an elevation of age and sex - adjusted hematocrit. While Polycythemia vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm caused by JAK2 mutations leading to an autonomous proliferation of red blood cells. Most cases of polycythemia seen in general practice represent relative polycythemia or are secondary to other causes. Secondary erythrocytosis is most often due to chronic...

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