Name: PubCaseFinder
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/jp/
Keywords: PubCaseFinder,PCF,Rare Disease,Phenotype,Gene,Match,Assist

Polycythemia vera

Polycythemia vera (PV) is an acquired myeloproliferative disorder characterized by an elevated absolute red blood cell mass caused by uncontrolled red blood cell production, frequently associated with uncontrolled white blood cell and platelet production.

Microcytic anemia

A kind of anemia in which the volume of the red blood cells is reduced.

Total: 1

(per page)

PMID (PMCID)
10923962	MALE
	Diagnosis of polycythemia vera in an anemic patient.
	Hassoun H, Pavlovsky M, Mansoor S, Stopka T. South Med J. 2000;93(7):710-2.
	We describe the unusual presentation of a patient with microcytic anemia in whom the diagnosis of polycythemia vera was reached using the PVSG criteria and confirmed by in vitro culture assay of erythroid progenitor cells.