Unit Objectives - 2

Unit objectives:

8. Define Polycythemia rubra vera (PRV or PV)

11. List diagnostic criteria for PV.

9. Discuss the clinical symptoms commonly observed in patients with PV.

10. Identify major morphologic changes in the bone marrow and peripheral blood in patients with PV.

12. Discuss the progression of PV.

13. Define essential thrombocythemia (ET)

14. List the diagnostic criteria for ET.

15. List the morphologic changes in the pb in patients with ET.