What is the etiology of polycythemia vera?
A) A physiologic response to an abnormal stimulus
B) Clonal hematologic malignancy of bone marrow
C) Idiopathic cause
D) An inherited hemoglobinopathy
E) An inherited oxygen affinity disorder
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