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Author: Zapata-Canto, Nidia ; Martínez-Ramírez, Mario Alberto ; Rojas-Castillejos, Flavio ; García-Castillo, Carolina ; Espinosa-Partida, Arturo ; Aguilar-Hidalgo, José Antonio ; Pérez-Zúñiga, Juan Manuel ; Aguilar-Luévano, Jocelyn ; Herrera-Olivares, Wilfrido ; Mójica-Balderas, Liliana ; Cano-León, Ana Ma de la Luz ; Saucedo-Montes, Erick Eduardo ; Barragán-Ibáñez, Gabriel ; García-Camacho, Alinka Socorro ; Morales-Adrián, Javier ; Díaz-Ramírez, Hugo Francisco ; Milán-Salvatierra, Andrea Iracema ; Romero-Martínez, Eduardo ; Meillón-García, Luis Antonio ; Pérez-Gómez, Karen Daniela ; Tapia-Enríquez, Ana Laura ; Bates-Martín, Ramón Alberto ; López-Salazar, Javier ; Espitia-Ríos, Ma Eugenia ; López-Arroyo, José Luis ; Alcívar-Cedeño, Luisa Ma ; Galaz-Cordero, Lourdes Elena ; Salazar-Ramírez, Óscar ; McNally-Guillén, Bosco Martín ; Gómez-Cortés, Sue Cynthia ; Moralws-Hernández, Alba Edna ; Olarte-Carrillo, Irma ; Martínez-Castro, Raúl ; Barbosa, Diego ; Hernández-Caballero, Álvaro ; Romero-Rodelo, Hilda ; Pérez, Fernando Jacobo ; Vilchis-González, Shendel Paulina ; Estrada-Domínguez, Patricia ; Ventura-Enríquez, Yanet ; Álvarez-Vera, José Luis ; Guerra-Alarcón, Lidia Virginia ; Barranco-Lampón, Gilberto ; Soriano-Mercedes, Emely Johanny ; Ángeles Rosales-López, Ma de Los ; Garzón-Velásquez, Katheryn Betsabé ; Ruiz-Contreras, Josué Isel ; Acosta-Maldonado, Brenda Lizeth ; Zazueta-Pozos, Juan Francisco ; Alvarado-Ibarra, Martha ; Pacheco, Martín Jacobo ; Campa-Monroy, Dafne Itzel ; Vivas-Arteaga, Cindy Lissette ; Cota-Rangel, Xóchitl ; Arana-Luna, Luara ; Báez-Islas, Pamela Elena ; Mújica-Martínez, Aldo ; Peña-Celaya, José Antonio de la ; Urbina-Escalante, Elizabeth ; Medina-Coral, Jesús Emanuel ; Hernández-Ruiz, Eleazar ; Flores-Ordúñez, Karen ; Banda-García, Luisa Iztacihuatl ; Loera-Fragoso, Sergio José ; Neme-Yunes, Yvette ; Martínez-Coronel, Jorge ; Carballo-Zarate, Adrián Alejandro ; Pérez-Lizardi, Alejandra Betsabé ; Ramírez-Hoyos, Paulina ; Martínez, Adolfo ; Anaya-Cuéllar, Irene ; Delgado-López, Nancy ; Minamy, Jaime Israel-García ; Navarrete, Juan José ; Aguilar-Andrade, Carolina ; Tepepa-Flores, Fredy ; Jiménez-Ochoa, Marco Alejandro ; Peñaloza-Ramírez, Rosalinda ; Rodríguez-Sánchez, Vania ; Aguirre-Reyes, Oyuky Gissell
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a chronic Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm that has its main involvement in the megakaryopoietic lineage, generating sustained thrombocytosis in peripheral blood and an increase in the number of mature megakaryocytes in the bone marrow. In addition to marked thrombocytosis, it is characterized by increased thrombotic or hemorrhagic risk and the presence of constitutional symptoms. Patients with ET have a low but known risk of disease progression to myelofibrosis and/or acute leukemia. The diagnosis is made based on the 2016 WHO criteria. At present, available treatments for patients with ET are mainly aimed at minimizing the risk of thrombosis and/or bleeding.