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Different number of circulating CD34 + cells in essential thrombocythemia, prefibrotic/early primary myelofibrosis, and overt primary myelofibrosis

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Luque Paz, D., Cottin, L., Lippert, E. et al. Different number of circulating CD34 + cells in essential thrombocythemia, prefibrotic/early primary myelofibrosis, and overt primary myelofibrosis. Ann Hematol 101, 893–896 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-021-04672-z

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