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Alternate Name(s): Essential thrombocythemia; Essential thrombocytosis ...... Primary thrombocythemia is a condition of overproduction of platelets without a recognizable cause.
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000543.htm#Def...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000543.htm#Definition
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Clonal stem cell disorder characterized by a pronounced megakaryocytic hyperplasia in the bone marrow and a striking peripheral thrombocytosis . ... Middle aged to elderly, although seen in children and young adults ... one third are asymptomatic, discovered only by routine PB examination...
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www.mcl.tulane.edu/classware/pathology/Krause/ET/ET.htm...
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Essential thrombocytosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Essential thrombocytosis (ET, also known as essential thrombocythemia) is a rare chronic blood disorder characterized by the overproduction of platelets by megakaryocytes in the bone marrow in the ab...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_thrombocytosis
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Polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia are chronic myeloproliferative diseases. The main goal of treatment in patients with these conditions is to prevent thrombohemorrhagic complications.
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www.aafp.org/afp/20010215/tips/5.html
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Thrombocythemia treatment options for stem cell diseases and essential thrombocythemia (ET) at Mayo Clinic. ... Though essential thrombocythemia (ET) is uncommon, it is often treated at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic has a longstanding interest in the science and treatment of ET. Mayo has one of the largest ET practices in the...
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www.mayoclinic.org/thrombocythemia/
www.mayoclinic.org/thrombocythemia/
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... Diabetes & Endocrinology...
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/405329_2
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Anagrelide hydrochloride is an effective drug used in patients with ET and other myeloproliferative disorders with thrombocythemia to selectively decrease the number of thrombocytes. Indications for use of anagrelide were described in detail in Czech medical literature.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16771099
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Article describes essential thrombocythemia, its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. ... A person with essential thrombocythemia (ET) has an excess amount of platelets in the blood due to a disorder of the bone marrow. A change in the bone marrow stem cell DNA causes the overproduction of platelet-forming cells in the...
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