Myelofibrosis can be a late complication of other myeloproliferative disorders, such as polycythemia vera, and less commonly, essential thrombocythaemia.
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This elevation may be caused by congenital heart disease, cor pulmonale, pulmonary fibrosis, too much erythropoietin, or polycythemia vera.
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Patients with JAK2V617F-negative polycythemia vera are instead positive for another class of activating JAK2 mutations-the JAK2 exon 12 mutations.
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"' Ranimustine "'( alkylating agent approved in Japan for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia and polycythemia vera.
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OF include chronic liver disease, iron deficiency anemia, thalassemia, hyponatremia, polycythemia vera, and sickle cell anemia after splenectomy.
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Wasserman led an international study group that established the standards for the treatment of polycythemia vera, to the benefit of thousands of patients.
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In 1972, Harper made his acting debut playing Mike Preston alongside Carol White in the HHT, which caused polycythemia, incapacitating him.
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The disparity between venous and whole blood concentrations is greater when the hematocrit is high, as in newborn infants, or adults with polycythemia.
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For example, a cluster of the rare blood cancer polycythemia vera was found around a toxic waste dump site in northeast Pennsylvania in 2008.
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Most of the health concerns associated with polycythemia vera are caused by the blood being thicker as a result of the increased red blood cells.
