Saturday, September 27, 2014

Myeloproliferative disorders

Myeloproliferative disorders is the name for a group of conditions that cause blood cells -- platelets, white blood cells, and red blood cells -- to grow abnormally in the bone marrow.
  • Polycythemia vera. 
  • Essential thrombocytosis  
  • Primary or idiopathic myelofibrosis, also known as myelosclerosis 
  • Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)