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SUBMITTER: Skov V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5007012 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Skov Vibe V Burton Mark M Thomassen Mads M Stauffer Larsen Thomas T Riley Caroline H CH Brinch Madelung Ann A Kjær Lasse L Bondo Henrik H Stamp Inger I Ehinger Mats M Dahl-Sørensen Rasmus R Brochmann Nana N Nielsen Karsten K Thiele Jürgen J Jensen Morten K MK Weis Bjerrum Ole O Kruse Torben A TA Hasselbalch Hans Carl HC
PloS one 20160831 8
Recent studies have shown that a large proportion of patients classified as essential thrombocythemia (ET) actually have early primary prefibrotic myelofibrosis (prePMF), which implies an inferior prognosis as compared to patients being diagnosed with so-called genuine or true ET. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2008 classification, bone marrow histology is a major component in the distinction between these disease entities. However, the differential diagnosis between them may b ...[more]