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Polycythemia vera
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Overproduction of red blood cells by the bone marrow
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In oncology, polycythemia vera (PV) is an uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. Approximately 98% of PV patients have a JAK2 gene mutation in their blood-forming cells (compared with 0.1-0.2% of the general population).

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myeloproliferative neoplasm
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