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9 - Longstanding polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia: monitoring and management goals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

Ruben A. Mesa
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Arizona
Claire N. Harrison
Affiliation:
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London
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Managing Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
A Case-Based Approach
, pp. 70 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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