Evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for phlebotomy in polycythemia vera

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Research Foundation (FROM), Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
² Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi - Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy.
³ Department of Hematology, Transfusion Medicine and Biotechnologies, Ospedale Civile, Pescara, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia. Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
⁵ Center for Research and Innovation of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, AOU Careggi, and Laboratorio Congiunto, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁶ Italian Society of Tranfusion Medicine and Immunohematology (SIMTI), Roma, Italy.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Haematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁸ University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁹ Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy. barosig@smatteo.pv.it.

Tiziano Barbui et al. Leukemia. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;32(9):2077-2081.

doi: 10.1038/s41375-018-0199-5. Epub 2018 Jun 28.

¹ Clinical Research Foundation (FROM), Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.
² Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Sette Laghi - Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italy.
³ Department of Hematology, Transfusion Medicine and Biotechnologies, Ospedale Civile, Pescara, Italy.
⁴ Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia. Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
⁵ Center for Research and Innovation of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, AOU Careggi, and Laboratorio Congiunto, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁶ Italian Society of Tranfusion Medicine and Immunohematology (SIMTI), Roma, Italy.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Haematology Research Centre, Division of Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁸ University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
⁹ Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy. barosig@smatteo.pv.it.

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Comment in

Response to "Questions arising on phlebotomy in polycythemia vera: prophylactic measures to reduce thromboembolic events require patient-focused decisions" by Heidel et al.
Barosi G, Passamonti F, Accorsi P, Pane F, Vannucchi AM, Velati C, Gale RP, Tura S, Barbui T. Barosi G, et al. Leukemia. 2018 Dec;32(12):2727-2728. doi: 10.1038/s41375-018-0259-x. Epub 2018 Sep 28. Leukemia. 2018. PMID: 30267006 No abstract available.