Abstract

PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS: RECENT ADVANCES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Safa Shukry and Gamal Abdul Hamid*

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Abstract

Primary myelofibrosis is another name, refreshing past names such as myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia, agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, and chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis.[1] PMF was first reported in 1879 by Hueck as a 'peculiar leukemia'. It was not until Dameshek's fundamental work in 1951 that PMF was perceived as a myeloproliferative neoplasm.[2]

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