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Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases > Hematologic Diseases > Bone Marrow Diseases > Myeloproliferative Disorders

Preferred term

Myeloproliferative Disorders

Topical Descriptor

Bone Marrow Diseases

Leukemia

myelo- here = bone marrow, not spinal cord; general; prefer specifics

Conditions which cause proliferation of hemopoietically active tissue or of tissue which has embryonic hemopoietic potential. They all involve dysregulation of multipotent MYELOID PROGENITOR CELLS, most often caused by a mutation in the JAK2 PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE.

History note

70(66)

myeloproliferatiiviset sairaudet

Finnish
myeloproliferatiivinen sairaus
myeloproliferatiivinen tauti
myeloproliferatiiviset taudit
Myeloproliferativa sjukdomar

Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009196

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