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Molecular evidence of JAK2 p.V617F mutated pure erythroid leukemia arising from polycythemia vera

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    Alisha D. Ware, Jacqueline Birkness, Amy S. Duffield & Christopher D. Gocke

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Ware, A.D., Birkness, J., Duffield, A.S. et al. Molecular evidence of JAK2 p.V617F mutated pure erythroid leukemia arising from polycythemia vera. Virchows Arch 473, 131–135 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-018-2347-8

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