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Uncontrolled thrombocytosis in polycythemia vera is a risk for thrombosis, regardless of JAK2V617F mutational status

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We thank Professor J Patrick Barron of the International Medical Communication Center of Tokyo Medical University for his review of this manuscript and Mr K Hori and T Makino, NovusGene, Tokyo, for their technical assistance. This work was supported in part by the ‘High-Tech Research Center’ Project from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology (MEXT) and by the ‘University-Industry Joint Research Project’ from MEXT.

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Ohyashiki, K., Akahane, D., Gotoh, A. et al. Uncontrolled thrombocytosis in polycythemia vera is a risk for thrombosis, regardless of JAK2V617F mutational status. Leukemia 21, 2544–2545 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404829

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