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Epidemiological data in polycythaemia vera: a study of 842 cases.
Hematology and cell therapy - 1 Aug 1998
Najean Y, Rain J D, Billotey C
Abstract excerpt
An epidemiological study of 842 polycythaemic patients (entered between 1980 and 1997 in the French investigational prospective protocols) is presented. The global incidence is approximately 0.8-1.5/100,000/year in the reference area (Ile-de-France and surrounding areas). It increases linearly with age until 80, which suggests that several mutational somatic events are necessary. There was a slight male excess...
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