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 th...
| Published in: | Hematology Reports |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hr/article/view/8961 |