Treatment for polycythemia vera involves which of the following?
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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