In this issue of Blood, Rumi et al and Rotunno et al demonstrate that essential thrombocythemia (ET) patients with calreticulin mutations exhibit lower leukocyte and hemoglobin values, higher platelet counts, and a lower thrombosis risk vs JAK2-mutated ET. Calreticulin-mutated ET appears to be a distinct entity with a more indolent course.
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