Oligoarray comparative genomic hybridization in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia

Polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) characterized by expansion of one or more myeloid lineages, which by definition results in erythrocytosis in PV and thrombocytosis in ET. The etiology and pathogenesis are still largely unknown. At