Abstract
Polycythemia vera (PV) is the most frequent myeloproliferative neoplasm, characterized by the spontaneous formation of erythroid colonies in vitro, independent of erythropoietin stimulus. It has been recently demonstrated to be associated with the JAK2 V617F point-mutation in the majority of patients. Erythrocytosis is the most common finding in this disease, leading to a series of compli…