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The activating splice mutation in intron 3 of the thrombopoietin gene is not found in patients with non-familial essential thrombocythaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 1998
Harrison C N, Gale R E, Wiestner A C, Skoda R C, Linch D C
Abstract excerpt
Essential thrombocythaemia (ET) is a condition of unknown aetiology characterized by sustained thrombocytosis in the absence of a detectable systemic cause. Although usually considered a clonal disease affecting myeloid cells, recent data indicate that a significant proportion of patients have polyclonal haemopoiesis. In some patients the thrombopoietin (TPO) levels are normal or raised. Recently a mutation has...
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