Hi WhiteStone,
Here is a link to an interesting paper entitled "How I treat Essential Thrombocytosis".
http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/...o-checked=true
I am just wondering if they ruled out other diseases like iron-deficient PV?? Here is a quote from the article:
"Although reduced serum ferritin and/or absent bone marrow iron stores may occur in patients with ET, we consider the combination of microcytic red cells and a normal hemoglobin count in a JAK2 V617F-positive white patient highly suggestive of iron-deficient PV."
Just giving you some more things to discuss with the doctor.
Good luck at your appointment!
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55 yo female, dx 9/08, AA/hypo-MDS, subclinical PNH, ATG/CsA 12/08, partial response. small trisomy 6 clone, low-dose cyclosporine dependent
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