essential thrombocythemia
Essential thrombocythemia is a malignant disease that is within the group of chronic myeloproliferative syndromes or myeloproliferative neoplasms. It is characterized by the bone marrow stem cells, which are responsible for making all the blood cells have a defect that causes them to produce some of the myeloid blood cells uncontrollably. Treatment depends on the patient's age, platelet count and have a history of thrombotic / bleeding you may have.