Autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

abstract：:Primary systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis a disorder characterized by accumulation of monoclonal light chains as aggregated amyloid fibrils in tissues of multiple organs to cause organ dysfunction and death (Kyle and Gertz, Semin Hematol 1995;32:45-59; Merlini and Bellotti, N Engl J Med 2003;349:583-596). Although...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Jun HJ,Kim K,Kim SJ,Mun YC,Bang SM,Won JH,Kim CS,Lee JH,Korean Multiple Myeloma Working Party (KMMWP).

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia with thrombosis (HATT) is fatal in 29% and leads to limb amputation in another 21% of patients. Patients with arterial thrombosis do worse than do those with venous thrombosis alone. Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia is mediated through IgG or IgM immunoglobulin fractions and is b...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nand S,Robinson JA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"PVP storage disease" is a disorder occurring in patients who have received high molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), which cannot be excreted from the body. These large polymers deposit in the histiocytes and cause proliferation and infiltration of histiocytes in the reticuloendothelial system. There was usua...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dunn P,Kuo T,Shih LY,Wang PN,Sun CF,Chang MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 21 year-old female with echinocytosis and a littoral cell hemangioma is reported. The patient had no significant past medical history and presented with abdominal pain and splenomegaly. A large percentage of echinocytes were noted on her peripheral smear in the absence of any known causes. A CT-recognize...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Altomare I,Desman G,Aledort LM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare association of congenital afibrinogenemia and hereditary protein C deficiency is described in a 37-year-old female who suffered from ischemic necrosis in the left first toe. The diagnosis of afibrinogenemia was assessed by the absence of fibrinogen in clotting and immunological assays. The diagnosis of heredita...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hanano M,Takahashi H,Itoh M,Shibata A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one patients with polycythemia vera (PV) according to the PVSG criteria were analysed retrospectively from January 1960 to March 1996. There were 23 male and 18 female patients with a median follow-up of 66.5 months (3-431 months). Median age was 62 (range: 37-85). The median hemoglobin level at diagnosis was 18...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Kwong YL,Chan PT,Liang R

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (Et-1) is a vasoconstrictor produced by endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells in response to hypoxia, which induces hypertrophy in cultured cardiac myocytes. We measured plasma Et-1 levels and left ventricular dimensions in 13 patients with sickle cell anemia (SCD) and in 12 African-American contro...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Werdehoff SG,Moore RB,Hoff CJ,Fillingim E,Hackman AM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two normal volunteers had approximately eight, 2-hr-long leukapheresis procedures over a 2-year period and their natural killer (NK) cell function was prospectively measured. The NK activity of the preprocedure peripheral blood (pre-PB) was found to correlate well with the NK activity of the inital leukocytes r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stevenson HC,Beman JS,Crisp B,Coggin D,Kanapa DJ,Miller P,Herberman RB,Maluish AE

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL) is a rare disorder characterized by production of a monoclonal light chain. This insoluble light chain, or a fragment thereof, deposits in tissues as amyloid and results in disruption of organ function and, ultimately, in death. Although melphalan and prednisone are benefici...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gertz MA,Lacy MQ,Lust JA,Greipp PR,Witzig TE,Kyle RA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this descriptive study, all 425 reports were included concerning drug-associated agranulocytosis as registered between 1974 and 1994 in the files of the Drug Safety Unit of the Dutch Inspectorate for Health Care. All reports were analysed as to the probability of agranulocytosis or neutropenia according to previous...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： van der Klauw MM,Wilson JH,Stricker BH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main treatment for many patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) remains red cell transfusion to attenuate the symptoms of chronic anemia. Fatigue can reduce a patient's health related quality of life (HRQoL), but there is little understanding of the optimal use of transfusions to improve this. A systematic r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pinchon DJ,Stanworth SJ,Dorée C,Brunskill S,Norfolk DR

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of red cell adenosine deaminase (ADA) overproduction associated with hereditary hemolytic anemia is reported here. This appears to be the second report. Proband is a 38-year-old Japanese male who had hemoglobin, 15.8 g/100 ml; reticulocyte count, 4.5%; serum indirect bilirubin, 4.9 mg/100 ml; 51Cr-labeled red c...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Miwa S,Fujii H,Matsumoto N,Nakatsuji T,Oda S,Asano H,Asano S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that alterations of cell cycle genes probably contribute to the pathogenesis of endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) in addition to c-MYC translocation. Mutations disrupting the normal nuclear localization signal of the retinoblastoma-related gene Rb2/p130 have been documented in BL cell lines and pri...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Klumb CE,Magluta EP,Rezende LM,Apa AG,Alonso JF,Maia RC

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia is a disorder characterized by pancytopenia and bone marrow hypocellularity. There is some evidence that aplastic anemia may be due to suppression of hematopoiesis by activated T-suppressor cells. Thus, immunosuppressive agents have been used as an alternative to bone marrow transplantation for treatme...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dorr V,Doolittle G,Woodroof J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cases of immune hemolytic anemia are associated with a positive direct antiglobulin test. However, in some cases, the antiglobulin test is not sensitive enough to detect low levels of red-cell bound antibodies. This report describes a method using radiolabelled purified staphylococcal protein A which is capable o...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yam P,Petz LD,Spath P

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), 34 out of 35 patients (97%) had cytochemically abnormal polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN). Some interesting regularity was noted in the appearance of cytochemical abnormalities of the PMNs. When peroxidase (PO) activity was low, both alkaline phosphatase (AP) and ch...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Suda T,Onai T,Maekawa T

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a leukemic transformation following a 27-year history of idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF) is presented. The patient had two chromosomal abnormalities: a deletion of chromosome 13, del 13(q12q14), and a deletion of chromosome 11, del 11(q14q23). This patient's final diagnosis was acute micromegakaryocytic leuke...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Toubai T,Tanaka J,Higa T,Ota S,Ibata M,Shono Y,Mashiko S,Miura Y,Umehara S,Kahata K,Toyoshima N,Morioka M,Asaka M,Kasai M,Imamura M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients with severe chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) refractory to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIgG) and/or oral prednisone were treated with one to three infusions of high-dose methylprednisolone (HDMP) (15 mg/kg/day). The mean platelet count before treatment was 12 +/- 10 x 10(9)/...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Godeau B,Zini JM,Schaeffer A,Bierling P

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trial CICL670AUS04 was a single-arm, open-label study of the cardiac efficacy of 18 months of deferasirox monotherapy [1]. Cardiac response in this study was related to the degree of liver siderosis. Patients with mild to moderate liver siderosis improved their cardiac T2* while more severely siderotic patients di...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wood JC,Glynos T,Thompson A,Giardina P,Harmatz P,Kang BP,Paley C,Coates TD

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a rare disorder that can manifest in various organ systems. We report the case of a 54-year-old woman with a remote history of seizure disorder who presented with early signs of right-sided heart failure. Laboratory studies showed significant eosinophilia (8 x 10(9) l(-1)). Computed...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chao BH,Cline-Parhamovich K,Grizzard JD,Smith TJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mo2 antibody recognizes a monocyte-specific cell surface antigen of unknown function. Upward modulation of Mo2 surface epitope density was demonstrated in response to 72-hr culture of monocytes with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but this was not seen after culture with phytohemagglutinin or other respiratory ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Baumann MA,Paul CC,Stokes C,Bernstein JM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes a patient with hepatitis C virus infection responding to pegylated INF/ribaviron therapy, who developed immune thrombocytopenia. The severe thrombocytopenia failed to resolve with cessation of the peg-IFN/ribaviron. Because of rising hepatitis C virus RNA levels and evidence of rising serum ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Weitz IC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intravascular pool of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) is composed of one compartment which is circulating and another that is marginated to the vascular endothelium. Administration of B-adrenergic agonists leads to a rapid demargination with an increase in the circulating PMN pool. The marginating PMN has...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Berkow RL,Dodson RW

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celecoxib, a specific cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) inhibitor, has been shown to possess antitumor activity in a variety of cancer cells. However, the antitumor activity of celecoxib in hematopoietic tumors, especially in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), has not been well established. This study was designed to investigate ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zhang GS,Liu DS,Dai CW,Li RJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 45-year-old female patient with recurrent spontaneous deep vein thrombosis associated with an isolated hypoplasminogenemia (plasminogen activity and antigen level of 42% and 37%, respectively). The plasminogen molecule was normal as demonstrated by a normal activation by tissue plasminogen activator, elect...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Leebeek FW,Knot EA,Ten Cate JW,Traas DW

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old woman with mild bilateral parotid gland swelling and bilateral lower extremity purpura was admitted for evaluation of xerostomia and pancytopenia. The patient had an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, pancytopenia, and positive tests for antibodies to nuclear antigen, SS-A, and SS-B. Impaired cell...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Seki T,Kiyosawa K,Monno S,Imai Y,Furukawa K,Kumazawa S,Ota M,Saito H,Furuta S,Nakahata T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular complications, including pulmonary hypertension (PH), have been reported to occur following splenectomy for various disorders,including hereditary spherocytosis (HS). We performed a prospective cross-sectional study of 36 adults with HS (78% with prior splenectomy)utilizing echocardiography to estimate tricus...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Crary SE,Ramaciotti C,Buchanan GR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute sickle cell painful episode is the most common cause of hospitalization of patients with sickle cell anemia. Its detailed clinical features and peri-discharge features are not well known. In order to determine the actual pattern of hospital admissions of patients with SS and the causes of frequent hospital r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ballas SK,Lusardi M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an enigmatic histiocytic proliferative disorder of unknown etiology that affects children primarily. We have investigated the possibility that viruses are etiological or that they have a "triggering effect" in LCH. Sensitive in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PC...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： McClain K,Jin H,Gresik V,Favara B

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinine-induced immune thrombocytopenia with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a recently defined clinical entity. In this paper we have attempted to characterize the natural history and laboratory abnormalities typical of quinine-induced immune thrombocytopenia associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome in nine patie...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gottschall JL,Neahring B,McFarland JG,Wu GG,Weitekamp LA,Aster RH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00