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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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 ==[[Polycythemia vera epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology & Demographics]]==
-'''Polycythemia vera''' occurs in all age groups (including children),<ref>{{cite journal | author = Passamonti F, Malabarba L, Orlandi E, Baratè C, Canevari A, Brusamolino E, Bonfichi M, Arcaini L, Caberlon S, Pascutto C, Lazzarino M | title = Polycythemia vera in young patients: a study on the long-term risk of thrombosis, myelofibrosis and leukemia. | journal = Haematologica | volume = 88 | issue = 1 | pages = 13-8 | year = 2003 | id = PMID 12551821}}</ref> although the incidence increases with age. One study found the median age at diagnosis to be 60 years,<ref name="pvsg">Berlin, NI. (1975). "Diagnosis and classification of polycythemias". ''Semin Hematol'' '''12''': 339.</ref> while a study in Olmsted County, Minnesota found that the highest incidence was in people aged 70–79 years.<ref name="olmsted">{{cite journal | author = Anía B, Suman V, Sobell J, Codd M, Silverstein M, Melton L | title = Trends in the incidence of polycythemia vera among Olmsted County, Minnesota residents, 1935-1989. | journal = Am J Hematol | volume = 47 | issue = 2 | pages = 89-93 | year = 1994 | id = PMID 8092146}}</ref> The overall incidence in the Minnesota population was 1.9 per 100,000 person-years, and the disease was more common in men than women.<ref name="olmsted"/>
 ==[[Polycythemia vera history and symptoms|History & Symptoms]]==

v t e Myeloid Hematological malignancy/leukemia histology (ICD-O 9590-9989, C81-C96, 200-208)
CFU-GM/ and other granulocytes	Template:Navbox subgroup
MEP	Template:Navbox subgroup
CFU-Mast	Mastocytoma (Mast cell leukemia, Mast cell sarcoma, Systemic mastocytosis)
Multiple/unknown	AML (Acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis, Myeloid sarcoma) · MP (Myelofibrosis) · Acute biphenotypic leukaemia
See also hematology, lymphoid malignancy