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

polycythemia vera (medicine)


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)