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Thromboembolic Events in Polycythaemia Vera Patients:An Audit of the Hungarian Philadelphia Negative Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasia Register

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Peter Dombi, Hajnalka Andrikovics, Arpad Illes, Judit Demeter, Lajos Homor, Zsofia Simon, Miklos Udvardy, Adam Kellner and Miklos Egyed

Objective: The Hungarian National Registry for Philadelphia chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasms was used to assess the clinical characteristics of Hungarian patients with polycythemia vera.

Methods: Data from 351 JAK2 V617F-positive patients diagnosed with PV were collected online from 15 haematology centres reporting clinical characteristics, therapeutic interventions, venous and arterial thromboembolic events, and myelofibrotic or leukaemic transformations. Vascular events (thromboembolic and haemorrhagic) were evaluated before and after diagnosis based upon the Landolfi risk assessment scale.

Results: TE were reported o... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-9110.1000173

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