EPO and chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive: Laboratory signs detected in the 5 cases of PV occurring after CML were as follows: red blood cell (RBC) increase and HCT increase in 2/5 cases (5, 24); WBC, Hb level and PTL increase in 1/5 cases (18); HCT and Hb increase in 1/5 (53), whereas HCT and Hb increase were associated with low erythropoietin (EPO) level in 1/5 (52).