In some cases, if there are no symptoms, no treatment may be required. Treatment for essential thrombocythemia may include certain medications that slow down the production of platelets.

Polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia are the most common chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms; their molecular basis has been appreciated only recently and is briefly discussed in this ...

• Hgb > 18.5 g/dl (men) or > 16.5 g/dl (women) or Hgb or Hct > 99th percentile of method-specific reference range for age, sex or altitude of residence or Hgb > 17 g/dl (men) or > 15 g/dl (women ...