Genetic Factors May Predispose People with MPNs to Cardiovascular Events - Managed Healthcare Executive

The new report is believed to be among the first to examine cardiovascular risk in myeloproliferative neoplasms through a genetic lens.Mutations in the CALR gene may restore vascular dysfunction in some patients.

Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) have endothelial dysfunction that appears to correlate with certain genetic mutations and may be associated with cardiovascular disease, according to… [+4037 chars]

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