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ReviewJournal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2018

A rare CALR variant mutation and a review of CALR in essential thrombocythemia.

Robert Diep, Ara Metjian

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Review in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robert DiepDepartment of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. Robert.diep@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4058-4616
Ara MetjianDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is an indolent myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by megakaryocyte hyperplasia, thrombocytosis, thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications, and potential transformation into myelofibrosis and acute myeloid leukemia. The vast majority of cases are driven by a somatic mutation in JAK2, CALR, or MPL. CALR, a gene that codes for the calcium-binding chaperone calreticulin, is the predominant mutation in patients with non-mutated JAK2 essential thrombocythemia, accounting for 20-25% of the overall somatic mutation frequency in ET. In this brief review of ET, we introduce a rare CALR mutation through a case presentation of a 58-year-old man with diffuse pulmonary emboli in the setting of thrombocytosis. We subsequently characterize the main types of CALR mutations and their value in diagnosis and prognosis of disease course, and lastly discuss the current clinical approach to ET.

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CalreticulinHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationPrognosisPulmonary EmbolismThrombocythemia, EssentialCalreticulinCALR protein, humanCALREssential thrombocythemiaMyeloproliferative disordersThrombocytosis

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PMID29411299
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