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SUBMITTER: Faille D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7226618 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Faille Dorothée D Lamrani Lamia L Loyau Stéphane S Huisse Marie-Geneviève MG Bourrienne Marie-Charlotte MC Alkhaier Sawsaneh S Cassinat Bruno B Boulaftali Yacine Y Debus Jérôme J Jandrot-Perrus Martine M Chomienne Christine C Dosquet Christine C Ajzenberg Nadine N
Cancers 20200417 4
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are associated with an increased risk of arterial and venous thrombosis. Pegylated-interferon alpha (IFN) and hydroxyurea (HU) are commonly used to treat MPN, but their effect on hemostasis has not yet been studied. The aim of our study was to determine whether IFN and HU impact the biological hemostatic profile of MPN patients by studying markers of endothelial, platelet, and coagulation activation. A total of 85 patients (50 polycythemia vera and 35 essential ...[more]