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Myeloproliferative diseases

Myeloproliferative diseases: Introduction

Myeloproliferative diseases: Myeloproliferative diseases are a diverse group of diseases characterised by proliferation of cells in one or more blood cell lines, but is distinct from leukemia. Diseases include chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia rubra vera, myelofibrosis and essential thrmbocythemia. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Myeloproliferative diseases is available below.

Symptoms of Myeloproliferative diseases

• Fever
• Enlarged spleen
• Leukocytosis
• Weight loss
• Fatigue
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 27 symptoms of Myeloproliferative diseases

Treatments for Myeloproliferative diseases

• Treatment depends upon which type of myeloproliferative disorder is present, as well as the age and other health problems that the patient might have. Treatments include:
  • Hydroxyurea
  • Imatinib
  • Interferon
  • Cytosine arabinoside
• more treatments...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Myeloproliferative diseases:

• Fatigue: Related Home Tests:
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  • Home Thyroid Gland Function Tests
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Myeloproliferative diseases?

• Misdiagnosis of Myeloproliferative diseases
• Failure to diagnose Myeloproliferative diseases
• Undiagnosed: Myeloproliferative diseases

Myeloproliferative diseases: Deaths

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Types of Myeloproliferative diseases

• Leukemia
• more types...»

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Myeloproliferative diseases: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Myeloproliferative diseases:

• Death due to blood clots or hemorrhage
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Causes of Myeloproliferative diseases

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Misdiagnosis and Myeloproliferative diseases

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Myeloproliferative diseases: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Blood Health Specialists (Hematology):
  • Hematology (Blood Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Hematopathology (Blood Diagnostics)
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Latest Treatments for Myeloproliferative diseases

• Radiation
• Melphalan
• Prednisone
• Cyclophosphamide
• Carmustine
• more treatments...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Myeloproliferative diseases

Medical research articles related to Myeloproliferative diseases include:

• The Management of Malignant Thrombocytosis in Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative Myeloproliferative Disease
• Prevention of venous thrombosis.
• Venous thromboembolism: reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in inpatients undergoing surgery
• Budd-Chiari Syndrome
• Osteopetrosis (Follow-up)
• more research...»

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Myeloproliferative diseases: Animations

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Research about Myeloproliferative diseases

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Clinical Trials for Myeloproliferative diseases

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Myeloproliferative diseases include:

• Decitabine and FR901228 in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, or Myeloproliferative Disorders - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - FR901228,decitabine
• Study of STI571 in the Treatment of Patients With Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (HES) and Eosinophilic Leukemias - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - STI571 (drug)
• Antifungal Therapy for Fever and Neutropenia in Patients Receiving Treatment for Hematologic Cancer - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - amphotericin B,nystatin
• Sibling and Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in Hematologic Malignancies - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Non-Myeloablative Allogeneic Transplant for MDS and MPS - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 382 Clinical Trials for Myeloproliferative diseases

Myeloproliferative diseases: Broader Related Topics

• Bone marrow conditions
• Blood conditions
• more types...»

Types of Myeloproliferative diseases

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