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12 th <strong>Congress</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Hematology</strong> Association<br />

0248<br />

COMPARISON OF WHOLE BLOOD VS PURIFIED BLOOD GRANULOCYTES FOR THE<br />

DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF JAK2-V617F<br />

E. Hermouet, 1 S. Hermouet, 2 I. Dobo, 3 E. Lippert, 4 M.-C. Boursier, 2<br />

L. Ergand, 2 F. Perrault-Hu, 2 D. Pineau 2<br />

1 Laboratoire d'Hematologie, NANTES; 2 Laboratoire d'Hematologie, CHU<br />

Nantes, NANTES; 3 Laboratoire d'Hematologie, CHU Angers, ANGERS; 4 Laboratoire<br />

d'Hematologie, CHU Bordeaux, BORDEAUX, France<br />

Background. Detection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> V617F mutation <strong>of</strong> JAK2 (JAK2-V617F)<br />

is now one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first tests performed in <strong>the</strong> diagnostic work-up <strong>of</strong><br />

polycy<strong>the</strong>mia and thrombocytoses. When studied in purified blood<br />

granulocytes, <strong>the</strong> JAK2-V617F allelic ratio is typically >20% in Polycy<strong>the</strong>mia<br />

vera (PV) but

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