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Is there a role for phlebotomy in secondary polycythemia?

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Hematology · Johns Hopkins University

Prefatory to answering the question, I think it's important to specify the full nature of the problem because there is confusion in the hematology literature about the criterion used to define erythrocytosis as well as the phlebotomy target in secondary erythrocytosis. Currently, hematologists use t...

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