See Also: polycythemia rubra(medicine)
polycythemia rubra vera(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Polycythemia(health)
Polycythemia(medicine)
compensatory polycythemia(medicine)
polycythemia vera(medicine)
relative polycythemia(medicine)
polycythemia hypertonica(medicine)
Polycythemia vera(health)

polycythemia rubra (medicine)


polycythemia rubra -->
polycythemia vera


Overproduction (proliferation) of red blood cells due to bone marrow disease (myeloproferative disorder). Pv tends to evolve into acute leukaemia or a condition with the marrow replaced by scar tissue (myelofibrosis)