Successful use of phlebotomy to treat severe secondary polycythemia due to chronic lung disease
Secondary polycythemia (SP) occurs as a result of increase erythropoietin levels most commonly as a result of tissue hypoxia. Symptoms such as erythromelalgia, pruritis, and bleeding, which are frequently seen in polycythemia vera (PV), do not commonly occur in SP. Phlebotomy is considered one of t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Hematology Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/8961 |