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Stress polycythemia

MedGen UID:
107439
•Concept ID:
C0541719
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Emotional polycythemia; Stress Polycythemia
SNOMED CT: Stress polycythemia (36874002); Emotional polycythemia (36874002)

Definition

Polycythemia that is caused by stress. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVStress polycythemia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Interferon-alpha2 treatment of patients with polycythemia vera and related neoplasms favorably impacts deregulation of oxidative stress genes and antioxidative defense mechanisms.
Skov V, Thomassen M, Kjær L, Ellervik C, Larsen MK, Knudsen TA, Kruse TA, Hasselbalch HC
PLoS One 2022;17(6):e0270669. Epub 2022 Jun 30 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270669. PMID: 35771847Free PMC Article
Ovarian, breast, and metabolic changes induced by androgen treatment in transgender men.
Pirtea P, Ayoubi JM, Desmedt S, T'Sjoen G
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Pathophysiology and treatment of platelet-mediated microvascular disturbances, major thrombosis and bleeding complications in essential thrombocythaemia and polycythaemia vera.
Michiels JJ, Berneman ZN, Schroyens W, Van Vliet HH
Platelets 2004 Mar;15(2):67-84. doi: 10.1080/09537100310001646969. PMID: 15154599

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Thromboembolic complications of polycythemia: polycythemia vera versus smokers' polycythemia.
Schwarcz TH, Hogan LA, Endean ED, Roitman IT, Kazmers A, Hyde GL
J Vasc Surg 1993 Mar;17(3):518-22; discussion 522-3. PMID: 8445747

Diagnosis

Subclavian steal phenomenon associated with stress polycythemia. A case report.
Kato H, Morita H, Takashima T, Ohmori K, Sunaga T
Angiology 1995 Sep;46(9):839-42. doi: 10.1177/000331979504600911. PMID: 7661388
Thromboembolic complications of polycythemia: polycythemia vera versus smokers' polycythemia.
Schwarcz TH, Hogan LA, Endean ED, Roitman IT, Kazmers A, Hyde GL
J Vasc Surg 1993 Mar;17(3):518-22; discussion 522-3. PMID: 8445747

Therapy

Thromboembolic complications of polycythemia: polycythemia vera versus smokers' polycythemia.
Schwarcz TH, Hogan LA, Endean ED, Roitman IT, Kazmers A, Hyde GL
J Vasc Surg 1993 Mar;17(3):518-22; discussion 522-3. PMID: 8445747
"Stress" polycythemia and hypertension.
Emery AC Jr, Whitcomb WH, Frohlich ED
JAMA 1974 Jul 8;229(2):159-62. PMID: 4406823

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