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The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US. | |||
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The | The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US. | ||
==Age== | ==Age== | ||
Polycythemia vera occurs in all age groups (including children),<ref>{{cite journal | author = Passamonti F, Malabarba L, Orlandi E, Baratè C, Canevari A, Brusamolino E, Bonfichi M, Arcaini L, Caberlon S, Pascutto C, Lazzarino M | title = Polycythemia vera in young patients: a study on the long-term risk of thrombosis, myelofibrosis and leukemia. | journal = Haematologica | volume = 88 | issue = 1 | pages = 13-8 | year = 2003 | id = PMID 12551821}}</ref> although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,<ref name="pvsg">Berlin, NI. (1975). "Diagnosis and classification of polycythemias". ''Semin Hematol'' '''12''': 339. | Polycythemia vera occurs in all age groups (including children),<ref>{{cite journal | author = Passamonti F, Malabarba L, Orlandi E, Baratè C, Canevari A, Brusamolino E, Bonfichi M, Arcaini L, Caberlon S, Pascutto C, Lazzarino M | title = Polycythemia vera in young patients: a study on the long-term risk of thrombosis, myelofibrosis and leukemia. | journal = Haematologica | volume = 88 | issue = 1 | pages = 13-8 | year = 2003 | id = PMID 12551821}}</ref> although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,<ref name="pvsg">Berlin, NI. (1975). "Diagnosis and classification of polycythemias". ''Semin Hematol'' '''12''': 339.</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamad Alkateb, MBBCh [2]
Overview
The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US.
Incidence
The incidence of polycythemia vera is approximately 0.7 to 2.6 per 100,000 individuals in the US.
Age
Polycythemia vera occurs in all age groups (including children),[1] although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,[2]
Gender
The disease was more common in men than women.[3]
References
- ↑ Passamonti F, Malabarba L, Orlandi E, Baratè C, Canevari A, Brusamolino E, Bonfichi M, Arcaini L, Caberlon S, Pascutto C, Lazzarino M (2003). "Polycythemia vera in young patients: a study on the long-term risk of thrombosis, myelofibrosis and leukemia". Haematologica. 88 (1): 13–8. PMID 12551821.
- ↑ Berlin, NI. (1975). "Diagnosis and classification of polycythemias". Semin Hematol 12: 339.
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