JAK2V617F: better diagnostic tool than marrow?
In patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome and with portal vein thrombosis, Kiladjian et al observed that JAK2V617F positivity is indicative of the diagnosis of an underlying Ph1-negative myeloproliferative disorder, that is, polycythemia vera or essential thrombocytosis.
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Northwestern University, USA.