Essential thrombocytemia following immune thrombocytopenia with JAK2V617F mutation

JAK2V617F mutation is found in about 60% of cases of essential thrombocytemia (ET) and represents a driving mutation. Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disease characterized by a low platelet (PLT) count. So far, only 2 reports described ET following ITP. For the first time we analyzed...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Caocci, Sandra Atzeni, Monica Usai, Giorgio La Nasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Leukemia Research Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213048917300663