title: Is bone marrow biopsy essential for the diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia?
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. tefferi.ayalew@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Ayalew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tefferi
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013920:Thrombocythemia, Essential / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology