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Guidelines for the diagnosis, investigation and management of polycythaemia/erythrocytosis
Author(s) -
McMullin Mary F.,
Bareford D.,
Campbell P.,
Green A. R.,
Harrison Claire,
Hunt Beverley,
Oscier D.,
Polkey M. I.,
Reilly J. T.,
Rosenthal E.,
Ryan Kate,
Pearson T. C.,
Wilkins Bridget
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05535.x
Subject(s) - polycythaemia , medicine , intensive care medicine , polycythemia vera , pediatrics
Traditionally, polycythaemia has been used to identify a group of varied disorders with an increase in circulating red cells that are typified by a persistently raised haematocrit (Hct). Since only the red cell lineage is involved, the term erythrocytosis has more validity and will be used throughout this article. Polycythaemia will be retained in relation to the clonal disorder, polycythaemia vera (PV), in which three cell lineages are involved.