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Case Reports
. 2014 Apr 5:10:563-5.
doi: 10.2147/NDT.S60694. eCollection 2014.

Chorea disclosing a polycythemia vera

Guidong Liu  1 , Jie Chang  1 , Zhijun Liu  1 , Qiang Qiang  1 , Chunhui Gu  1 , Yingying Zhang  1 , Wenshi Wei  1
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Case Reports

Chorea disclosing a polycythemia vera

Guidong Liu et al. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. .

Abstract

Chorea is a rare complication of polycythemia. We report the case of a 70 year-old woman whose polycythemia vera (PV), with Janus Kinase-2 (JAK2) mutation, presented as chorea. Chorea resolved quickly after hydroxyurea therapy.

Keywords: JAK2; chorea; elderly; polycythemia vera.

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