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Leukocytosis is a risk factor for recurrent arterial thrombosis in young patients with polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia

✍ Scribed by Valerio De Stefano; Tommaso Za; Elena Rossi; Alessandro M. Vannucchi; Marco Ruggeri; Elena Elli; Caterina Micò; Alessia Tieghi; Rossella R. Cacciola; Cristina Santoro; Giancarla Gerli; Paola Guglielmelli; Lisa Pieri; Francesca Scognamiglio; Francesco Rodeghiero; Enrico M. Pogliani; Guido Finazzi; Luigi Gugliotta; Giuseppe Leone; Tiziano Barbui

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Weight: 87 KB
Volume: 85
Category: Article
ISSN: 0361-8609
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21593

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