Thromboembolic complications after splenectomy for hematologic diseases.

abstract：:Therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) arises as a late complication following antecedent solid tumors or hematologic diseases and their associated treatments. There are limited data regarding risk factors and outcomes following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for t-AML following a prior so...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lee CJ,Labopin M,Beelen D,Finke J,Blaise D,Ganser A,Itälä-Remes M,Chevallier P,Labussière-Wallet H,Maertens J,Yakoub-Agha I,Bourhis JH,Mailhol A,Mohty M,Savani BN,Nagler A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunologic studies were performed on mononuclear cells from ten chronically transfused children with sickle cell disease, and the results were compared with those from five other groups: 21 sickle cell patients who were not receiving regular transfusions, 6 chronically transfused children with other forms of refracto...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wang W,Herrod H,Presbury G,Wilimas J

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal calf serum (FCS) is used as a component of the media for cells grown in culture. However, the high cost of FCS has stimulated a search for a possible alternative. Approximately 10% of human platelet concentrates prepared for clinical transfusions are outdated. Sera prepared from platelet concentrates were compar...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Schwartz KA,Lu G,Trosko JE,Chang CC

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four men were diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection (AIDS) and autoimmune hemolytic anemia (HIV-AIHA) during the years 1997-2000 at Cook County Hospital, Chicago. All patients presented with the acute onset of severe hemolytic anemia, fever, and splenomegaly. The direct and indirect antiglobulin tests ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Koduri PR,Singa P,Nikolinakos P

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoledronic acid (ZOL), an intravenous bisphosphonate, has been shown to reduce and delay the incidence of skeletal-related events (SREs) in multiple myeloma (MM) patients with bone disease. A retrospective claims-based analysis was conducted that used two distinct US managed care databases to examine the relationship ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Henk HJ,Teitelbaum A,Perez JR,Kaura S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), a demyelinating infectious disease caused by JC virus (JCV), occurs almost exclusively in immunocompromised patients usually with malignant diseases. We report here a Japanese female with follicular lymphoma who subsequently developed PML. In addition to JCV, human her...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Daibata M,Hatakeyama N,Kamioka M,Nemoto Y,Hiroi M,Miyoshi I,Taguchi H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine if UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) 2B7 allelic variants encoding for UGT2B7, primary enzyme responsible for morphine glucuronidation contribute to the variability in the hepatic clearance of morphine in sickle cell disease (SCD). Twenty-four hour PK study of morphine and UGT...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Darbari DS,van Schaik RH,Capparelli EV,Rana S,McCarter R,van den Anker J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycythemia vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by thrombotic and, less often, bleeding complications. Many mechanisms have been advanced to explain the occurrence of these complications, none of them satisfactory. We examined a cohort of 27 patients with PV, secondary erythrocytosis, and essenti...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lugassy G,Filin I

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between thrombocytopenia and the level of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and/or the existence of lupus anticoagulant (LA) ware studied in 146 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These patients were divided into six groups: A, those LA positive with a high level of aCL (>10 U/ml) (10 ca...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nojima J,Suehisa E,Kuratsune H,Machii T,Toku M,Tada H,Yamaguti K,Koike T,Kanakura Y,Kitani T,Amino N

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 74-year old woman with Ph1-negative chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and heterozygous for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) was studied. Both A and B types of G6PD were found in skin. In contrast, white blood cells and platelets showed only a single G6PD type A. These results provide further evidence that P...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kaye FJ,Najfeld V,Singer J,Cuttner J,Fialkow PJ

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concerned the gamma chain composition of Hb F and the haplotypes of 44 patients with beta-thalassemia major or intermedia and many of their relatives. Seventeen patients came from Northern (Turkish) Cyprus, 12 from the Istanbul area, and 15 from Macedonia and Bulgaria. Analysis of the A gamma T-G gamma-A ga...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Aksoy M,Kutlar A,Efremov GD,Nikolov N,Petkov G,Reese AL,Harano T,Chen SS,Huisman TH

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a newly detected alpha-thalassemia-2 (alpha-thal-2) deletion characterized by a small -2.7-kb deletion involving the alpha 1 globin gene. This deletion has thus far been observed in only one Chinese subject with Hb H disease. ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zhao JB,Zhao L,Fei YJ,Liu JC,Huisman TH

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin, employed clinically for more than 50 years, is still a widely used anticoagulant. Unfortunately, some patients given this agent develop thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Because this side effect can have catastrophic consequences, it is imperative that all clinicians caring for patients who receive heparin hav...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Davoren A,Aster RH

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:We report a case of a 61-year-old man with head and neck cancer who presented with pancytopenia two months after the completion of his chemotherapy and was diagnosed with myelodysplasia on the basis of two bone marrow examinations, before the correct diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis was established with splenectomy...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kopterides P,Halikias S,Tsavaris N

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:An infectious episode is the presenting manifestation of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in approximately 30% of cases. Most often this is bacterial and only rare cases of opportunistic fungal infection are described. We report a patient who presented with sporotrichal involvement of multiple cutaneous sites and lymph nodes...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kumar S,Kumar D,Gourley WK,Alperin JB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the genetic defects of 21 unrelated patients with venous thrombosis in whom hereditary protein C deficiency was diagnosed. Eleven mutations were detected in 18 families, while no mutation was detectable in the other three families. Among these mutations, a common genetic mutation of protein C (PROC) gene r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tsay W,Shen MC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing treatment for acute leukemia (AL). Antifungal prophylactic strategies are associated with significant toxicities and cost. We performed a retrospective study of the incidence and risk factors for IFD among patients n...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hammond SP,Marty FM,Bryar JM,DeAngelo DJ,Baden LR

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in bleeding in the perioperative period is a complex and multifactorial event associated with immediate and delayed consequences for the patient and health care resources. Little is known about the complex genetic influences on perioperative bleeding. With the discovery of multiple variations in the human ge...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Muehlschlegel JD,Body SC

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Ring sideroblasts (RS) are erythroid precursors with abnormal perinuclear mitochondrial iron accumulation. Two myeloid neoplasms defined by the presence of RS, include refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts (RARS), now classified under myelodysplastic syndromes with RS (MDS-RS) and RARS with thromboc...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Patnaik MM,Tefferi A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the T-cell abnormalities observed in Hodgkin's disease and the growing number of Hodgkin's disease cases observed in association with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), concern has been expressed that a retrovirus may be the primary cause of Hodgkin's disease. We examined plasma specimens from 1...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chorba TL,Kalyanaraman VS,Lacher MJ,Schulof RS

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single point mutation of the factor V (FV) gene, leading to the substitution Arg506Gln in the FV molecule (FV-Leiden) and hence resistance to its breakdown by activated protein C (APC), is the most prevalent risk factor for venous thrombosis in the Caucasians. A ratio determined by activated partial thromboplastin t...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ts'ao C,Neofotistos D,Oropeza M,Vahabinejad S,Finn WG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old untransfused, non-drinking man with Hemoglobin H-CS disease presented with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, markedly elevated serum ferritin level, and marked iron deposition in hepatocytes. He did not carry either of the two common mutations of the HLA-H gene for hereditary hemochromatosis, namely, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Chan V,Todd D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a frequent complication of cancer chemotherapy, which causes death in 4-21% of patients and worsens the quality of life of patients. As a simple and accurate way of identifying patients who are at risk of FN, a lymphocyte count on post-chemotherapy day 5 was suggested. To confirm the feasib...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Choi CW,Sung HJ,Park KH,Yoon SY,Kim SJ,Oh SC,Seo JH,Kim BS,Shin SW,Kim YH,Kim JS

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:Primary iron overload encompasses a variety of genetic iron overload syndromes, dominated in frequency by HFE-related, or Type 1 hemochromatosis, for which French diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines have been recently proposed. Differential diagnosis of Type 1 hemochromatosis can be made from both clinical data and ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Brissot P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant may be accompanied by an acquired factor II deficiency and bleeding. We report on a patient with a lupus anticoagulant and factor II (Fll) deficiency responsive to Danazol. Acquired hypoprothrombinemia (FII) with the lupus anticoagulant (LA) may be accompanied by a hemorrhagic diathesis. A 64-y...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Williams S,Linardic C,Wilson O,Comp P,Gralnick HR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00