polycythemia vera
Sign in to saveAlso known as Osler-Vaquez syndrome, PV, erythremia (morphologic abnormality), polycythaemia rubra vera, proliferative polycythaemia, Polycythemia Rubra Vera, POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PV, Vaquez disease
human disease
Key facts
- Other names
- Polycythaemia vera (PV, PCV), erythremia, primary polycythemia, Vaquez disease, Osler-Vaquez disease, polycythemia rubra vera
- Specialty
- Oncology , hematology
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Research
9,770 papers- [Polycythemia vera].Folia haematologica (Leipzig, Germany : 1928) · 1970
- Polycythaemia vera.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
- [Unusual progression of polycythemia vera].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024
- [Polycythemia vera].Belgisch tijdschrift voor geneeskunde · 1954
- [Polycythemia vera].Praxis · 2012
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Encyclopedic overview
In oncology, polycythemia vera (PV) is an uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. Approximately 98% of PV patients have a JAK2 gene mutation in their blood-forming cells (compared with 0.1-0.2% of the general population).
Most of the health concerns associated with PV, such as thrombosis, are caused by the blood being thicker as a result of the increased red blood cells.
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