Polycythemia Vera in a Patient With Heterozygous Beta-Thalassemia: Coincidence or Causal Relationship?

Polycythemia vera (PV) and heterozygous beta-thalassemia (HBT) have opposing effects on the hematocrit (Hct) and may mask the presence of each other. Missing the diagnosis of PV may have serious consequences, mainly by exposing the patient to the risk of thromboses. We present a case where the diagn...

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Autores principales: Kottas, Konstantinos, Marathonitis, Anastasios, Nodarou, Aikaterini, Kanellis, Georgios, Christopoulos, Konstantinos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33364111
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11589

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7749832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33364111
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11589

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