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Cyclic severe elevated procalcitonin serum levels in a patient with post polycythemic myelofibrosis carrying a V617F-JAK2 mutation

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    F. Stölzel, J. Babatz, C. Thiede, T. Illmer, G. Ehninger & M. Schaich

  2. Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

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Stölzel, F., Babatz, J., Thiede, C. et al. Cyclic severe elevated procalcitonin serum levels in a patient with post polycythemic myelofibrosis carrying a V617F-JAK2 mutation. Ann Hematol 87, 1021–1022 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-008-0517-5

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