The janus kinase 2 (JAK2) mutation: A review of its role in polycythaemia vera and other myeloproliferative disorders

Background: Unlike Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) whose genetic basis (the Philadelphia chromosome), has become a household name, that of Polycythaemia Vera and other non-leukemic myeloproliferative diseases has not equally received wide publicity. Aim: The aim of this paper is to review and highlig...

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Main Author: M U Nwagu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Sahel Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.smjonline.org/article.asp?issn=1118-8561;year=2011;volume=14;issue=3;spage=113;epage=118;aulast=Nwagu;type=0