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Would you consider clearing a patient with essential thrombocytosis for a kidney donation?

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Would you consider clearing a patient with essential thrombocytosis for a kidney donation?

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Hematology · Johns Hopkins University
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For brevity, I am assuming that the patient is already medically approved for surgery and organ donation, and I will focus on the clinical significance of the essential thrombocytosis (ET) with regard to both.

I am also going to assume that the patient actually has ET, and not masked polycythemia ve...

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