European vs 2015-World Health Organization clinical molecular and pathological classification of myeloproliferative neoplasms

Figure 1 Dameshek 1900-1969. Description of trilinear PV in 1950. “Photo courtesy of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2012.” Louis Wasserman 1912-1999. Founder of the polycythemia vera study group 1967. Photo by Jerry Soalt. “Courtesy of the ASH” 2012. William Vainchenker discoverer of the JAK2V617F mutation in 2005 as the cause of the trilinear MPNs ET, PV and MF. MF: Myelofibrosis; PV: Polycythemia vera; ET: Essential thrombocythemia; MPN: Myeloproliferative neoplasms.