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Diagnosis of polycythaemia by Messinezy, M, Pearson, T C

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The classification and diagnostic criteria of the erythrocytoses (polycythaemias) by MESSINEZY, M, PEARSON, T. C

“…The term 'erythrocytosis' has advantages over 'polycythaemia' to describe patients with a raised haematocrit (PCV) and deserves to be more widely used…”
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ABC of clinical haematology: Polycythaemia, primary (essential) thrombocythaemia and myelofibrosis by Messinezy, Maria, Pearson, T C

“…Causes of secondary polycythaemia Hypoxaemia-for example, chronic lung disease, cyanotic congenital heart disease, and sleep apnoea Renal-for example,…”
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Spleen sizing by ultrasound in polycythaemia and thrombocythaemia: comparison with SPECT by Messinezy, M., MacDonald, L. M., Nunan, T. O., Westwood, N. B., Chinn, S., Pearson, T. C.

“…Detection of non‐palpable early splenic enlargement may aid diagnosis of primary polycythaemia (PP) and primary thrombocythaemia (PT). In this study linear…”
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The management of ‘low‐risk’ and ‘intermediate‐risk’ patients with primary thrombocythaemia by Pearson, T. C., Bareford, D., Craig, J., Egan, E. L., Green, A. R., Lucas, G. S., Ludlam, C. A., McMullin, M. F., Messinezy, M., Oscier, D. G., Reilly, J. T.

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Classification and diagnostic criteria of the erythrocytoses. Reply by Pearson, T. C., Messinezy, M.

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Idiopathic erythrocytosis, diagnosis and clinical management by Pearson, T.C, Messinezy, M

“…By definition, idiopathic erythrocytosis (IE) applies to a group of patients characterised by having a measured RCM above their predicted normal range (an…”
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Low serum erythropoietin--a strong diagnostic criterion of primary polycythaemia even at normal haemoglobin levels by Messinezy, M, Westwood, N B, Woodcock, S P, Strong, R M, Pearson, T C

“…Estimations of serum erythropoietin level by enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kit were made in 42 patients with primary polycythaemia, and in a comparison group…”
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Polycythemia by Messinezy, M, Pearson, T C

“…Plethora ('a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles') has been recognized since antiquity as a manifestation of disease. The use of leeches and blood…”
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Investigation of patients with polycythaemia by Pearson, T. C., Messinezy, M.

“…Polycythaemia may complicate or be the presenting feature of a wide variety of different pathologies. Early diagnosis and treatment of primary polycythaemia…”
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Primary polycythaemia: diagnosis by non-conventional positive criteria by Westwood, N, Dudley, J M, Sawyer, B, Messinezy, M, Pearson, T C

“…Patients with polycythaemia and normal controls have been studied to establish and subsequently test non-conventional criteria for the diagnosis of primary…”
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Treatment of primary proliferative polycythaemia by venesection and low dose busulphan: retrospective study from one centre by Messinezy, M, Pearson, T C, Prochazka, A, Wetherley-Mein, G

“…Sixty-five patients with primary proliferative polycythaemia (polycythaemia rubra vera) were followed during the period 1962-83 and analysed retrospectively…”
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Identification of latent myeloproliferative disease in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome using X-chromosome inactivation patterns and in vitro erythroid colony formation by Acharya, J, Westwood, N B, Sawyer, B M, Messinezy, M, Burroughs, A K, Mehta, A B, Pearson, T C

“…Some patients with an early or latent myeloproliferative disorder (MPD) present with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS, hepatic vein thrombosis). Cell culture analysis…”
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Brain perfusion in polycythaemia using 99TcmHMPAO: effect of treatment by Messinezy, M, Nunan, T O, Pearson, T C

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Primary thrombocythaemia: diagnostic criteria and a simple scoring system for positive diagnosis by Dudley, J M, Messinezy, M, Eridani, S, Holland, L J, Lawrie, A, Nunan, T O, Sawyer, B, Savidge, G F, Pearson, T C

“…Forty new patients with elevated platelet counts (greater than 600 x 10(9)/l) and without palpable splenomegaly were assigned to diagnostic groups defined by…”
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A retrospective study of apparent and relative polycythaemia: associated factors and early outcome by Messinezy, M, Pearson, T C

“…Thirty four consecutive patients (31 male, 3 female) with raised PCV (males greater than 0.51, females greater than 0.47) and normal red cell mass (apparent…”
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Oxygen desaturation in apparent and relative polycythaemia by Messinezy, M, Aubry, S, O'Connell, G, Treacher, D F, Pearson, T C

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Primary thrombocythaemia: a composite approach to diagnosis by Messinezy, M, Westwood, N, Sawyer, B, Grace, R, Holland, L J, Lawrie, A S, Pearson, T C

“…Traditional diagnostic criteria for primary thrombocythaemia (PT) remain essentially negative, aiming to exclude other myeloproliferative disorders and causes…”
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Serum erythropoietin values in erythrocytoses and in primary thrombocythaemia by Messinezy, Maria, Westwood, Nigel B., El‐Hemaidi, Ihab, Marsden, Joanne T., Sherwood, Roy S., Pearson, Thomas C.

“…Serum erythropoietin (Epo) values were estimated in samples from 125 patients with erythrocytosis to examine the specificity and sensitivity of reduced and…”
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Use of splenic volume estimation to distinguish primary thrombocythaemia from reactive thrombocytosis by Messinezy, M, Chapman, R, Dudley, J M, Nunan, T O, Pearson, T C

“…Splenic volume was measured by visual assessment of planar images of the spleen, and also by single photon emission computerised tomography (SPECT) using…”
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