Polycythemia
Polycythemia: Introduction
Polycythemia: Excess red blood cells in the blood.
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causes, and treatments of Polycythemia is available below.
Symptoms of Polycythemia
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Polycythemia: Complications
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Medical Textbooks Online about Polycythemia
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Polycythemia?
Misdiagnosis and Polycythemia
Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder
called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed.
Women with the condition tend to have heavy periods, since they actually have a bleeding disorder.
Severe afflictions may result in the women receiving a hysterectomy unnecessarily, when the
underlying cause has not been identified.
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Causes of Polycythemia
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Treatments for Polycythemia
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Clinical Trials for Polycythemia
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 Polycythemia include:
- Combination Chemotherapy Followed By Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation or Isotretinoin in Treating Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, or Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - busulfan,cytarabine,etoposide,filgrastim,fludarabine,isotretinoin,topotecan,vitamin E
- Chemotherapy Followed by Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation in Treating Patients With Myelofibrosis - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - bone marrow ablation with stem cell support,busulfan,cytarabine,filgrastim,idarubicin
- Therapy of HES, PV, Atypical CML or CMML With PDGF-R Fusion Genes, or Mastocytosis With Gleevec - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Gleevec (imatinib mesylate)
- Efficacy and Safety of Pegylated Interferon Alfa in Polycythemia Vera - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - pegylated interferon-alfa 2a
- Dasatinib as Therapy for Myeloproliferative Disorders (MPDs) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - dasatinib (BMS-354825)
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Polycythemia: Broader Related Topics
Types of Polycythemia
Types of Polycythemia
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Definitions of Polycythemia:
An increase in the total red cell mass of the blood. (Dorland, 27th ed)
- (Source - Diseases Database)
A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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