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Review
. 2006 Apr;32(3):171-3.
doi: 10.1055/s-2006-939430.

Epidemiology of the myeloproliferative disorders polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia

Peter Johansson  1
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Review

Epidemiology of the myeloproliferative disorders polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia

Peter Johansson. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2006 Apr.

Abstract

The annual incidence of polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) is approximately 2 and 1.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively, if based on large population surveys and adjusted to a standard population. Survival for ET patients does not differ from that of the general population. However, it appears that PV patients have a significantly higher mortality, at least for patients diagnosed before 1990.

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