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Proposed criteria for the diagnosis of post-polycythemia vera and post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis: a consensus statement from the international working group for myelofibrosis research and treatment

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  1. Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Center for the Study of Myelofibrosis, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

    G Barosi

  2. Hematology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    R A Mesa, C A Hanson & A Tefferi

  3. Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    J Thiele

  4. Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    F Cervantes

  5. Department of Haematology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    P J Campbell

  6. Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    S Verstovsek

  7. Service Hématologie Clinique, Centre Hospitalier, Lens, France

    B Dupriez

  8. Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    R L Levine

  9. Department of Hematology, University of Pavia Medical School, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

    F Passamonti

  10. Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    J Gotlib

  11. Division of Genomic Medicine, Academic Unit of Hematology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK

    J T Reilly

  12. Department of Hematology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    A M Vannucchi

  13. Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    L A Solberg

  14. School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    A Orazi

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Barosi, G., Mesa, R., Thiele, J. et al. Proposed criteria for the diagnosis of post-polycythemia vera and post-essential thrombocythemia myelofibrosis: a consensus statement from the international working group for myelofibrosis research and treatment. Leukemia 22, 437–438 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404914

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