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Polycythaemia due to VHL mutation

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Link to WHO Definition

Polycythaemia due to VHL mutation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1449684939

This is a disease state in which the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells increases. Blood volume proportions can be measured as haematocrit level. It can be due to an increase in the number of red blood cells ("absolute polycythaemia") or to a decrease in the volume of plasma ("relative polycythaemia").