Prolonged fever of unknown origin and hemophagocytosis evolving into acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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：:The association of T-cell large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis is well described and it is now recognized that these patients and patients with Felty's syndrome represent different aspects of a single disease process. Most patients have rheumatoid arthritis at the time of diagnosis of LGL ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yoe J,Gause BL,Curti BD,Longo DL,Bagg A,Kopp WC,Janik JE

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：:Hemostatic changes were evaluated in ten patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma who received chemotherapy with L-asparaginase, vincristine, and prednisolone for 1 week. Following treatment, prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time were significantly prolonged, while a marked decrease...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Saito M,Asakura H,Jokaji H,Uotani C,Kumabashiri I,Ito K,Matsuda T

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) had a Philadelphia chromosome (Ph') [t(9q+;22q-)] in all cells and trisomy C in 13% of cells (later determined to be trisomy 8) at the time of diagnosis. After 21 months of intermittent treatment with busulfan, the acute phase developed with the appearance of an additi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stern R,Sorenson J,Wurster-Hill DH,Cornwell GG 3rd,McIntyre OR

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described who had blastic transformation of Ph1 negative chronic myelogenous leukemia (Ph1 - CML). Characterization of the leukemic cells revealed a population with a lymphoid stem cell phenotype (cALL-, TdT+, Ia+, cIgM-). This particular phenotype may be responsible for the refractoriness to vincristine ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kessler JF,Grogan TM,Greenberg BR

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional treatment of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) yields modest responses and short remissions. We report 30 hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) for MCL: 13 autologous, 10 allogeneic myeloablative, and 7 nonablative. After a median 1.2 years from diagnosis (range 0.5 to 4.7) and a median of 2 pre-HSCT chemot...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Laudi N,Arora M,Burns L,McGlave P,Miller J,Bohac G,Rogers T,Barker J,Coad J,Weisdorf D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lenalidomide and azacitidine are active in MDS patients, and may complement each other by targeting the bone marrow microenvironment and the malignant clone. A recent Phase I trial testing the lenalidomide and azacitidine combination yielded encouraging results; however, lenalidomide’s contribution was unclear. In thi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sekeres MA,O'Keefe C,List AF,Paulic K,Afable M 2nd,Englehaupt R,Maciejewski JP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracyclines have contributed to a marked increase in survival in different types of cancer [1,2]. Unfortunately, they are associated with dose-dependent cardiotoxicity and heart failure (HF) [3–8]. Change to a weekly dosage schedule with slow infusions has been tested, a strategy that requires more frequent hospita...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Georgakopoulos P,Roussou P,Matsakas E,Karavidas A,Anagnostopoulos N,Marinakis T,Galanopoulos A,Georgiakodis F,Zimeras S,Kyriakidis M,Ahimastos A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial and protozoal infections can cause thrombocytopenia and may mimic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Brucella species and Toxoplasma are among the infectious agents with protean clinical manifestations which may induce immune thrombocytopenia. In rare cases, thrombocytopenia can be severe and may res...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gürkan E,Başlamişli F,Güvenç B,Bozkurt B,Unsal C

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) with distinct fusion transcripts has unique clinical features. In this study, the incidence, clinical characteristics, early treatment response, and outcomes of 1,004 Chinese pediatric ALLs were analyzed. Patients with TEL-AML1 and E2A-PBX1 fusion genes or other B cell precursor ALLs...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gao C,Zhao XX,Li WJ,Cui L,Zhao W,Liu SG,Yue ZX,Jiao Y,Wu MY,Li ZG

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Acquired α-thalassemia myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) (ATMDS) is an acquired syndrome characterized by a somatic point mutation or splicing defect in the ATRX gene in patients with myeloid disorders, primarily MDS. In a large MDS patient series, the incidence of ATMDS was below 0.5%. But no large series has yet assess...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Herbaux C,Duployez N,Badens C,Poret N,Gardin C,Decamp M,Eclache V,Daliphard S,Murati A,Cony-Makhoul P,Cheze S,Beve B,Lacoste C,Prebet T,Hunault-Berger M,Maloisel F,Renneville A,Figeac M,Stamatoullas-Bastard A,Bastar

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Indonesian patients with identical genotypes, each compound heterozygotes for Filipino beta(o)-thalassemia/HbE, expressed different clinical severities. One patient has mild disease and is transfusion independent, while the other two are severely affected and transfusion dependent. The size of the Filipino beta(...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Setianingsih I,Williamson R,Daud D,Harahap A,Marzuki S,Forrest S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) inhibits the polymerization of sickle hemoglobin, modulating the clinical features of sickle cell anemia (SCA). Hydroxyurea (HU) therapy can increase the HbF level, although its production can be influenced by genetic determinants. Twenty-two Brazilian SCA patients were evaluated over 5 years be...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Vicari P,Barretto de Mello A,Figueiredo MS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials in hemostasis and thrombosis (HT) are needed to guide medical practice and future research. Providing public support for trials that could have the greatest impact on clinical care has been a major challenge. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) convened a State-of-the-Science meeting i...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cines DB,Blajchman MA,High KA,Bussel JB,State-of-the Science Symposium Hemostasis-Thrombosis Committee.

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old man with immunoblastic lymphadenopathy and autoimmune hemolytic anemia who had no previous exposure to blood products developed a severe febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction following the initial infusion of packed red blood cells. The reaction recurred with transfusion of packed red blood cells, bu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Barnes HM,Poon MC,Huang ST,Conrad ME,Lin J,McGowan EI

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests that iron overload is associated with inferior outcomes after myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, all of those studies used surrogate markers of iron overload, especially serum ferritin, and most had a retrospective design. We conducted ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Armand P,Sainvil MM,Kim HT,Rhodes J,Cutler C,Ho VT,Koreth J,Alyea EP,Neufeld EJ,Kwong RY,Soiffer RJ,Antin JH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied 91 patients with SS genotype, 44 children and 47 adults. Excluding the Cameroon and atypical haplotypes, the distribution in the children's sample exhibited 43% Benin, 38% Bantu, and 3% Senegal. In adults, the sample exhibited 46% Benin, 30% Bantu, and 9% Senegal (chi 2: 13.511, 2 df, P = 0.001). When ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Muniz A,Corral L,Alaez C,Svarch E,Espinosa E,Carbonell N,di Leo R,Felicetti L,Nagel RL,Martinez G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Community practice experience allows a nonselective care of patient using information derived from a more controlled clinical trial environment. We present our community experience with multiple myeloma patients with advanced age, long disease duration since diagnosis, advanced stage, multiple prior therapies includin...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Onitilo AA,Engel J,Olatosi B,Fagbemi S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among a cohort of 142 patients with Hodgkin disease (HD), pathologic stages (PS) IA through IVB, 84 remained in complete remission (CR) at least 3 years after the completion of initial protocol therapy. Eight of these patients subsequently developed a recurrence of HD and were defined as having a late relapse. The dis...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kanofsky JR,Golomb HM,Vardiman JE,Sweet DL,Ultmann JE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular lymphoma (FL) frequently transforms into the more aggressive diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL-tr), but no protein biomarkers have been identified for predictive or early diagnosis. Gene expression analyses have identified genes changing on transformation but have failed to be reproducible in different s...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Andréasson U,Dictor M,Jerkeman M,Berglund M,Sundström C,Linderoth J,Rosenquist R,Borrebaeck CA,Ek S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the calmodulin-like activity (CaM) level in hemolyzed samples of whole blood after determining the percentage and absolute number of reticulocytes present. Twenty-six samples from 25 people with a range of reticulocyte counts were studied. CaM levels correlated with the percentage (r = 0.63, P less than .01...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Warth JA,Brewer GJ,Gnegy ME,Treisman G,Near K

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OVERVIEW:Evidence suggests that even patients aged 70 or above benefit from specific AML therapy. The fundamental decision in AML then becomes whether to recommend standard or investigational treatment. This decision must rest on the likely outcome of standard treatment. Hence we review factors that predict treatment r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Estey EH

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:The effect of alcohol on inorganic and organic iron absorption was studied in 70 subjects, using a whole-body counter technique. The mean iron absorption of a test dose was 24.44%, while in the presence of whisky, absorption fell to 9.73% (P less than 0.0001). Absorption of a test dose in the presence of whisky withou...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Celada A,Rudolf H,Donath A

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of chronic tonsillitis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Despite empiric radiation and antibiotic therapy, the patient's sore throat and tonsillar enlargement persisted. Excisional biopsy of the involved tonsil revealed the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans. Blood cultures also yielde...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Korvick J,Yu VL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocytes from ten patients with severe liver disease displayed low methylene blue-stimulated hexose monophosphate (HMP) shunt activity and glucose recycling despite elevated total glucose consumption when compared to controls. Heinz body formation was increased and reduced glutathione concentration significantly d...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Smith JR,Kay NE,Gottlieb AJ,Oski FA

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular hyperfiltration and microalbuminuria/proteinuria are early manifestations of sickle nephropathy. The effects of hydroxyurea therapy on these renal manifestations of sickle cell anemia (SCA) are not well defined. Our objective was to investigate the effects of hydroxyurea on glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Aygun B,Mortier NA,Smeltzer MP,Shulkin BL,Hankins JS,Ware RE

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithrombin III (AT III) was isolated by two procedures using polyethylene glycol-400 (PEG) precipitation as the first stage. The PEG supernatant (PEG-sup) was applied to a heparin-affinity chromatographic system and AT III-heparin cofactor (AT III-HCF) was isolated. The PEG precipitate (PEG-ppt) was separated by a S...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gomperts ED,Izadi P

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00