Erythremia

Introduction: Erythremia

Description of Erythremia

Erythremia (medical condition): A condition which is characterized by myeloproliferation of...more »

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Polycythemia vera:
  »Introduction: Polycythemia vera
  »Symptoms of Polycythemia vera

Erythremia: A chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by an increased red blood cell production. Excessive proliferation of the myeloid lineage is observed as well. The major symptoms are related to hypertension or to vascular abnormalities caused by the increased red cell mass. The cause is unknown. With currently available treatment, the median survival exceeds 10 years. (WHO, 2001) -- 2003
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Erythremia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Erythremia:

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• Polycythemia (68 causes)
• Erythro
• Span
• Class
• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder

Erythremia as a Disease

Erythremia: Another name for Polycythemia vera (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Polycythemia vera
  »Symptoms of Polycythemia vera

Erythremia: Related Diseases

Erythremia: Erythremia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Polycythemia
• Blood conditions
• Bone marrow conditions

Symptoms of Erythremia (Polycythemia vera)

Some of the symptoms of Erythremia incude:

• Fatigue
• Malaise
• Concentration difficulty
• Headache
• Drowsiness

See full list of 17 symptoms of Erythremia (Polycythemia vera)

Erythremia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Erythremia:

• absolute polycythemia
• primary polycythemia
• secondary polycythemia
• Chuvash polycythemia
• relative polycythemia
• leukemia
• altitude sickness
• pheochromocytoma
• adrenal adem=noma
• Cushing's syndrome

Terms associated with Erythremia:

Terms Similar to Erythremia:

• Osler-Vaquez disease
• PRV
• Polycythaemia rubra vera

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External links related to: Erythremia

• National Cancer Institute - Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders Treatment
• eMedicine - Polycythemia Vera : Article by Emmanuel C Besa, MD
• eMedicine - Polycythemia Vera : Article by Josef T Prchal, MD
• OMIM - POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
• Vaquez' disease (www.whonamedit.com)

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