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Essential thrombocytosis historical perspective
Introduction
Overview
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
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
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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