Erratum: Polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: 2015 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification and management [ Am. J. Hematol. 90:162-173, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23895];Polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: 2015 update on diagnosis, risk-stratification and management

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 162-173

  Tefferi, Ayalew ^a   Barbui, Tiziano ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; BUSULFAN; CALRETICULIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROXYUREA; JANUS KINASE 2; JANUS KINASE INHIBITOR; MOLECULAR MARKER; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALRETICULIN, HUMAN; JAK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MPL PROTEIN, HUMAN; THROMBOPOIETIN RECEPTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CALR GENE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JAK2 GENE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOW RISK PATIENT; MPL GENE; MUTATOR GENE; MYELOFIBROSIS; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT INDICATION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; MORTALITY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, ESSENTIAL;

ASPIRIN; CALRETICULIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; JANUS KINASE 2; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; MUTATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; RECEPTORS, THROMBOPOIETIN; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, ESSENTIAL; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 84921409486     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.24115     Document Type: Erratum

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