Prevalence and clinical outcomes of polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia with hydroxyurea resistance or intolerance.
Kittitat ChiaranairungrotKomkrich KaewpreechawatChanwit SajaiNarueporn PagowongNissa SukaratPokpong PiriyakhuntornThanawat RattanathammetheeSasinee HantrakoolChatree Chai-AdisaksophaAdisak TantiworawitLalita NorasetthadaEkarat RattaritamrongPublished in: Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) (2022)
The prevalence of HU resistance or intolerance in PV and ET patients was 11.9%. Patients with HU resistance or intolerance significantly increased the risk of bleeding complications.