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Thrombosis Risk Rises in Women With Myeloproliferative Disorders
Thrombosis Risk Rises in Women With Myeloproliferative Disorders
H Splete
20101120
2010 Dec 20
Elsevier Global Medical News
Thrombosis Risk Rises in Women With Myeloproliferative Disorders
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Dec 20, H Splete
ORLANDO (EGMN) - Thrombosis was significantly more prevalent in women, compared with men, in a review of data from 270 adults with JAK2 V617-F-positive myeloproliferative disorder, according to a poster at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Vascular complications were identified in 29% of women vs. 18% of men in a cohort of patients seen at the center for myeloproliferative disorders of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said Dr. Brady L. Stein of Northwestern University...