Table 2: WHO criteria for the diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia.

1- Thrombocytosis > 600 G / l persistent

 

2- Bone marrow biopsy:

Proliferation of the megakaryocytic line with high proportion of large mature megakaryocytes

 

3- No index of:

·        Polycythemia vera

·        Chronic myelogenous leukemia

·        Osteomyelofibrosis

·        Myelodysplastic syndrome

·        Reactive thrombocytosis