The diagnostic criteria of polycythaemia rubra vera

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Pearson, T C ^a   Messinezy, Maria ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Polycythaemia rubra vera; Polycythaemia vera

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; BURST FORMING UNIT E; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOPOIESIS; NEUTROPHIL; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW; CLONE CELLS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROID PROGENITOR CELLS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0029908214     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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