Essential thrombocytosis historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
Overview
Essential thrombocytosis was first defined by Emil Epstein and Alfred Goedel, two Austrian pathologists, in the year 1934 and was initially called hemorrhagic thrombocythemia.[1]
Historical perspective
- Essential thrombocytosis was first defined by Emil Epstein and Alfred Goedel, two Austrian pathologists, in the year 1934 and was initially called hemorrhagic thrombocythemia.[1]
- Subsequently, essential thrombocytosis was classified as a myeloproliferative disorder along with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), polycythemia vera (PV), and chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis (CIMF).
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steven Sanchez & April Ewton (2006). “Essential thrombocythemia: a review of diagnostic and pathologic features”. Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine. 130 (8): 1144–1150. PMID 16879015. Unknown parameter
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