Clinical and hematological presentation of children and adolescents with polycythemia vera

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 713-719

  Cario, Holger ^a   McMullin, Mary Frances ^b   Pahl, Heike L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Budd Chiari syndrome; Childhood; Erythrocytosis; Polycythemia vera

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; BUSULFAN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROXYUREA; JANUS KINASE 2; MESSENGER RNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BLEEDING; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING CELL; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROID CELL; GANGRENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME; CHILD; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYTHEMIA; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA;

EID: 67649411528     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0758-y     Document Type: Review

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