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A 32-year-old male asked:

Polycythemia with jak2 exon 14 and 12 negative,bone marrow biopsy shows erythroid hyperplasia, erythropoietin 16. stomach and cheat scan normal ,mild sleep apnea. please advise is this primary or secondary polychethemia?

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Dr. Arnold Lentnekanswered

Infectious Disease 55 years experience

Need a lot more information to determine. Regardless, this site is inappropriate to make such judgments. See a Hematologist

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Reviewed Jun 13, 2021

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