Familial essential thrombocythemia: 6 cases from a mono‐institutional series

Abstract

Abstract Rarely essential thrombocythemia (ET) is diagnosed in more than one person within a family. Familial myeloproliferative neoplasms are underdiagnosed. In this report, we describe 6 couples of familial ET, evaluating the heterogeneity of the mutational state and the clinical presentation.

Keywords

• essential thrombocythemia
• familial
• myeloproliferative neoplasms