What does treatment for polycythemia vera involve?
a. Therapeutic phlebotomy and radioactive phosphorus
b. Restoration of blood volume by plasma expanders
c. Administration of cyanocobalamin
d. Blood transfusions
Ans: a. Therapeutic phlebotomy and radioactive phosphorus
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