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UNUSUAL CHROMOSOMAL CHANGES IN POLYCYTHAEMIA VERA
Author(s) -
GRAS LYN,
COWLING D. C.,
SULLIVAN J.,
HURLEY T. H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb111211.x
Subject(s) - polycythaemia , polycythemia vera , medicine , chromosome , bone marrow , karyotype , cytogenetics , genetics , biology , gene
Of 13 cases of polycythaemia vera in which direct bone marrow culture was carried out for chromosome analysis, a consistent count of 48 chromosomes was found in two on admission to the hospital. Neither patient showed evidence of blastic transformation.