Phenotypic variability of Filipino beta(o)-thalassemia/HbE patients in Indonesia.

abstract：:Several parameters may predict disease severity and overall survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The purpose of our study of 190 CLL patients was to compare immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region (IgV(H)) mutation status, cytogenetic abnormalities, and leukemia cell CD38 and Zap-70 to older, traditional...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Weinberg JB,Volkheimer AD,Chen Y,Beasley BE,Jiang N,Lanasa MC,Friedman D,Vaccaro G,Rehder CW,Decastro CM,Rizzieri DA,Diehl LF,Gockerman JP,Moore JO,Goodman BK,Levesque MC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The content of peripheral blood B cells (B1+) was reduced in patients of multiple myeloma (MM) and not in those with benign monoclonal gammopathy (BMG) compared to normal donors (P less than 0.01). This observation correlated with the suppression of synthesis of normal immunoglobulin (Ig) in MM. Thus, cytokine activit...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kawano M,Iwato K,Asaoku H,Tanabe O,Tanaka H,Ishikawa H,Kuramoto A

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare inherited telomeropathy most frequently caused by mutations in a number of genes all thought to be involved in telomere maintenance. The main causes of mortality in DC are bone marrow failure as well as malignancies including leukemias and solid tumors. The clinical picture includ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Perdigones N,Perin JC,Schiano I,Nicholas P,Biegel JA,Mason PJ,Babushok DV,Bessler M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) nephropathy and lower estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) are risk factors for early mortality. Furthermore, rate of eGFR decline predicts progression to end-stage renal disease in many clinical settings. However, factors predicting renal function decline in SCD are poorly documented....

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Xu JZ,Garrett ME,Soldano KL,Chen ST,Clish CB,Ashley-Koch AE,Telen MJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid-phase enzyme immunoassays using recombinant gag and env proteins were developed to study humoral immune responses to HIV infection in a cohort of 105 hemophiliac patients. Thirteen patients with ARC or AIDS and 92 asymptomatic patients were studied. A cross-sectional study showed a wide range of antibody respons...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kinney JS,Conway JH,Hilgartner MW,Clayman B,Mayur K,Yolken RH,Viscidi RP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elderly patient with evidence of atherosclerosis and uremic bleeding diathesis developed two foci of cerebral thrombosis immediately after an infusion of desmopressin (DDAVP). Because large molecular weight multimers of von Willebrand factor (vWF) have been demonstrated to cause platelet aggregation under condition...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Byrnes JJ,Larcada A,Moake JL

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since platelets express both platelet-specific and class I HLA antigens, serum antiplatelet reactivity assessed by most platelet antibody techniques could be due to antibodies with either or both specificities. Flow cytometric analysis of sera for detection of antiplatelet antibody commonly employs a purified platelet...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Freedman J,Hornstein A

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cell dyscrasias are a group of clinically and biochemically diverse disorders of unknown etiology, characterized by the disproportionate proliferation of one or more clones of B cells, and the presence of a structurally and electrophoretically homogeneous (monoclonal) immunoglobulin or polypeptide subunit in se...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kapoor P,Singh E,Radhakrishnan P,Mehta P

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serologic diagnosis for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is problematic when patients receive exogenous immunoglobulin. We recently diagnosed primary EBV infection by detecting EBV-determined nuclear antigen (EBNA) and EBV-DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) using immunofluorescence, in situ hybridizati...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Okano M,Bashir RM,Davis JR,Purtilo DT

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density lipoprotein (HDL) of 100-400 micrograms/ml did not prevent morphological alterations of human blood platelets treated with serotonin (1-5 microM). Highly concentrated HDL (1,200 micrograms/ml) appeared to activate platelets in vitro. These findings indicate that whole HDL may not inhibit agonist-induced p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pfennig O,Zhao B,Frye S,Dierichs R

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma inferferon (gamma IFN), alpha tumor necrosis factor (alpha TNF), and interleukin 6 (IL-60) are cytokines produced by a wide variety of cells, including T lymphocytes and NK cells. These cytokines affect B-cell proliferation and differentiation into immunoglobulin secreting cells. In addition, gamma IFN and alpha...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Garcia-Suarez J,Prieto A,Reyes E,Manzano L,Arribalzaga K,Alvarez-Mon M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Approximately one-fourth of primary cutaneous lymphomas are B-cell derived and are generally classified into three distinct subgroups: primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma (PCFCL), primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma (PCMZL), and primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCD...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hristov AC,Tejasvi T,Wilcox RA

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Precursor B-ALL blasts may be positive for CD20 in up to 50% of cases. There are few reports on the use of the anti CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab, in children with B-ALL. We report on two adult patients with precursor B-ALL who developed significant hepatic toxicity during induction chemotherapy. Single agent ri...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Koren-Michowitz M,Rahimi-Levene N,Volcheck Y,Hardan I,Kornberg A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five adult SS patients from Qatar, Turkey, and South Africa with mild disease, had greatly elevated Hb F and specific patterns of polymorphic sites on their beta S chromosomes. One subject had an alpha-thalassemia (-alpha/-alpha). The haplotypes were the common type #19, associated with severe disease, and type #31, n...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bakioglu I,Hattori Y,Kutlar A,Mathew C,Huisman TH

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 25-year-old black woman who presented with a long history of anemia requiring transfusions during childhood and adolescence. Molecular analysis revealed her to be a compound heterozygote for the sickle mutation and the approximately 22.7 kb deletion associated with hemoglobin Kenya. This patient's clinic...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Waye JS,Cai SP,Eng B,Chui DH,Francombe WH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is a lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma with immunoglobulin M (IgM) monoclonal protein. Clinical features include anemia, thrombocytopenia, hepatosplenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy. DIAGNOSIS:Presence of IgM monoclonal protein associated with 10% clonal lymphoplasmacytic cell...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gertz MA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven normal human peripheral blood cell fractions (buffy coat, mononuclear cells, non-T, T, Fc-IgM receptor-depleted T-lymphocyte, Fc-IgG receptor-depleted T-lymphocyte, and autologous rosette-forming T-cell-depleted T-lymphocyte subpopulations) treated with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) were examined for the production o...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： López-Karpovitch X,Padrós-Semorile MR,Rojas R,Martínez-Sánchez L

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some patients suffering from malignancies may benefit of myeloablative chemotherapy followed by hematological reconstitution with autologous peripheral blood reinfusion. A quick evaluation of the number of hematopoietic progenitors present in leukapheresis blood samples is necessary to ensure the collection of a suffi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Teixeira G,Lenormand B,Jean P,Fardoun D,Sumereau-Dassin E,Bastit D,Tilly H,Piguet H,Monconduit M,Vannier JP

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man with relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell type, was treated with naproxen, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), for paraneoplastic fever. A dramatic disappearance of not only the fever but also generalized lymphadenopathy was observed. Naproxen was continued, and he maintai...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yoshinaga K,Teramura M,Iwabe K,Kobayashi S,Masuda M,Motoji T,Mizoguchi H

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein S (ProS) is a physiological inhibitor of coagulation with an important function in the down-regulation of thrombin generation. ProS deficiency is a major risk factor for venous thrombosis. This study enrolled 40 ProS-deficient probands to investigate the molecular basis of hereditary ProS deficiency in Chinese...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tang L,Jian XR,Hamasaki N,Guo T,Wang HF,Lu X,Wang QY,Hu Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although treatment with plasma exchange increased the survival of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura to 80% in the 1980s, no further increase of survival occurred over the next 20 years. However, more consistent use of adjuvant treatment with corticosteroids and rituximab in recent years has begun to fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： George JN

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common but often unrecognized in medically ill patients. Over the past 5 years, three large-scale placebo-controlled trials enrolling a total of 5500 medically ill patients have highlighted the risk of VTE in this group. These trials have helped to define a specific at-risk patient prof...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stinnett JM,Pendleton R,Skordos L,Wheeler M,Rodgers GM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated possible prognostic factors just before salvage therapy with vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone (VAD) for 36 patients with refractory multiple myeloma. The median duration from diagnosis to the first VAD salvage was 14 months (range 2-76 months). Among parameters that have been shown to be associ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Suguro M,Kanda Y,Yamamoto R,Chizuka A,Hamaki T,Matsuyama T,Takezako N,Miwa A,Togawa A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a microangiopathy syndrome caused by a congenital or acquired deficiency of ADAMTS13, a plasma metalloprotease that cleaves von Willebrand factor (VWF) and thus prevents the formation of platelet-rich thrombi in the microcirculation. TTP can be fatal if not appropriately an...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Peyvandi F,Mannucci PM,Valsecchi C,Pontiggia S,Farina C,Retzios AD

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current information about clinical significance of IDH mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), their association with other genetic alterations and the stability during disease progression is limited. In this study, IDH mutations were identified in 4.6% of 477 patients with MDS based on the FAB classification an...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lin CC,Hou HA,Chou WC,Kuo YY,Liu CY,Chen CY,Lai YJ,Tseng MH,Huang CF,Chiang YC,Lee FY,Liu MC,Liu CW,Tang JL,Yao M,Huang SY,Ko BS,Wu SJ,Tsay W,Chen YC,Tien HF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By virtue of their religious principles, Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) generally object to receiving blood products, raising numerous ethical, legal, and medical challenges for providers who care for these patients, especially in the emergent setting. In this review, we discuss several areas relevant to the care of JWs, i...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Scharman CD,Burger D,Shatzel JJ,Kim E,DeLoughery TG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibody production following allogeneic stem-cell transplantation is common and is often ascribed to the immune dysregulation associated with graft-versus-host disease. Recent data suggests that donor-memory B cells can be reactivated on exposure to antigen and result in antibody production in the recipient ident...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ritchie DS,Sainani A,D'Souza A,Grigg AP

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is associated with administration of all plasma containing blood products. We present a 14-year-old adolescent diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who developed acute respiratory insufficiency compatible with TRALI within 5 hr following intravenous anti-D. F...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Berger-Achituv S,Ellis MH,Curtis BR,Wolach B

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens are widely used in allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). In this study, we retrospectively investigated the clinical outcomes of RIC with fludarabine (Flu; 180 mg/m(2)), intravenous busulfan (BU; 6.4 mg/kg) or oral BU (8 mg/kg), and low-dose total body irradiation (T...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Takahata M,Hashino S,Okada K,Onozawa M,Kahata K,Sugita J,Shigematsu A,Kondo T,Yamamoto S,Endo T,Nishio M,Ito YM,Tanaka J,Koike T,Asaka M,Imamura M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the presence of residual disease at day 14 after primary induction therapy warrants consideration of a second induction cycle. However, data to guide retreatment decisions in such patients are presently limited. Here, we retrospectively reviewed data from 176 patients wit...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Griffin PT,Komrokji RS,Sweet K,Al Ali NH,Padron E,Kubal TE,List AF,Lancet JE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00