"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polycythemia Vera" by people in Profiles.
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Symptomatic splenomegaly in polycythemia vera: a review of the indications for splenectomy and perioperative considerations. Am Surg. 2009 May; 75(5):363-8.
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Acquired von Willebrand syndrome due to an inhibitor specific for von Willebrand factor antigens. Am J Hematol. 1986 Mar; 21(3):305-14.