Blast transformation and fibrotic progression in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: A literature review of incidence and risk factors

Blood Cancer Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cerquozzi, S ^a   Tefferi, A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANAGRELIDE; BUSULFAN; HYDROXYUREA; JANUS KINASE 2; PHOSPHORUS; PIPOBROMAN; PROTEIN P53; RETICULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; BCR ABL PROTEIN; BCR-ABL1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE; ANEMIA; BLAST TRANSFORMATION; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MYELOFIBROSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHLEBOTOMY; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; THROMBOSIS; ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, ESSENTIAL;

FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS; THROMBOCYTHEMIA, ESSENTIAL;

EID: 84947228713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20445385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2015.95     Document Type: Review

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