Danazol relieves refractory pruritus associated with myeloproliferative disorders and other diseases
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Myeloproliferative disorders and its associated mutations
Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN) are a clonal disorder in hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). MPN is categorized to 8 subclasses, including chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocytopenia (ET), primary myelofibrosis (PMF), systematic mastositosis (SM), chronic eosinophilic leukemia (CEL), chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL), and unclassified myelofibrosis disorde...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hematology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0361-8609,1096-8652
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199602)51:2<112::aid-ajh3>3.0.co;2-0