[A rare cause of variceal bleeding].

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Abstract

Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM) is a clonal stem cell disease, which is characterized by myelofibrosis, osteosclerosis and pancytopenia. Affected patients frequently develop portal hypertension secondary to extramedullary hematopoiesis, which rarely becomes clinically relevant.

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Original languageGerman
Article number10
ISSN0044-2771
Publication statusPublished - 2010
pubmed 20886427