"Polycythemia Vera" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A myeloproliferative disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by abnormal proliferation of all hematopoietic bone marrow elements and an absolute increase in red cell mass and total blood volume, associated frequently with splenomegaly, leukocytosis, and thrombocythemia. Hematopoiesis is also reactive in extramedullary sites (liver and spleen). In time myelofibrosis occurs.
| Descriptor ID |
D011087
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.448.200.500 C15.378.190.250.500 C15.378.190.636.753 C15.378.400.200.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Polycythemia Vera- Polycythemia Vera
- Primary Polycythemia
- Polycythemia, Primary
- Polycythemias, Primary
- Primary Polycythemias
- Polycythemia Rubra Vera
- Polycythemia Rubra Veras
- Vera, Polycythemia Rubra
- Veras, Polycythemia Rubra
- Polycythemia Ruba Vera
- Polycythemia Ruba Veras
- Ruba Vera, Polycythemia
- Ruba Veras, Polycythemia
- Vera, Polycythemia Ruba
- Veras, Polycythemia Ruba
- Osler-Vaquez Disease
- Disease, Osler-Vaquez
- Osler Vaquez Disease
- Erythremia
- Erythremias
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| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polycythemia Vera" by people in Profiles.
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Chen Y, Shan Y, Lu M, DeSouza N, Guo Z, Hoffman R, Liang A, Li S. Alox5 Blockade Eradicates JAK2V617F-Induced Polycythemia Vera in Mice. Cancer Res. 2017 01 01; 77(1):164-174.
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Ahlawat A, Jun-O'Connell A, Salameh J. Pearls & Oy-sters: An isolated cranial nerve 6 palsy as a presentation of polycythemia vera. Neurology. 2015 Sep 15; 85(11):e85-7.
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Socolovsky M. Exploring the erythroblastic island. Nat Med. 2013 Apr; 19(4):399-401.
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Ramos P, Casu C, Gardenghi S, Breda L, Crielaard BJ, Guy E, Marongiu MF, Gupta R, Levine RL, Abdel-Wahab O, Ebert BL, Van Rooijen N, Ghaffari S, Grady RW, Giardina PJ, Rivella S. Macrophages support pathological erythropoiesis in polycythemia vera and ?-thalassemia. Nat Med. 2013 Apr; 19(4):437-45.
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Chu CC, Zhang L, Dhayalan A, Agagnina BM, Magli AR, Fraher G, Didier S, Johnson LP, Kennedy WJ, Damle RN, Yan XJ, Patten PE, Teichberg S, Koduru P, Kolitz JE, Allen SL, Rai KR, Chiorazzi N. Torque teno virus 10 isolated by genome amplification techniques from a patient with concomitant chronic lymphocytic leukemia and polycythemia vera. Mol Med. 2011; 17(11-12):1338-48.
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Henkin RE, Del Rowe JD, Grigsby PW, Hartford AC, Jadvar H, Macklis RM, Parker JA, Wong JY, Rosenthal SA. ACR-ASTRO practice guideline for the performance of therapy with unsealed radiopharmaceutical sources. Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Aug; 36(8):e72-80.