Evaluation of single-tube osmotic fragility as a screening test for thalassemia.

abstract：:Reduced ferrochelatase activity in erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) causes the accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) leading to acute cutaneous photosensitivity and liver injury. Many EPP patients also have a mild hypochromic, microcytic anemia and iron deficiency. Iron deficiency can lead to decreased PPIX accu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Schmidt PJ,Hollowell ML,Fitzgerald K,Butler JS,Fleming MD

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is feasible and effective in selected older patients with Multiple Myeloma, but specific criteria for evaluating ASCT eligibility in elderly patients are lacking. We evaluated 131 patients aged 65-75 considered for ASCT at our center: The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), He...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Belotti A,Ribolla R,Cancelli V,Crippa C,Bianchetti N,Ferrari S,Bottelli C,Cattaneo C,Tucci A,De La Fuente Barrigon C,Rossi G

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of graft-rejection after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation using conventional cyclophosphamide-based conditioning is increased in patients with bone marrow failure syndromes (BMFS) who are heavily transfused and often HLA-alloimmunized. Fifty-six patients with BMFS underwent fludarabine-based redu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pantin J,Tian X,Shah AA,Kurlander R,Ramos C,Cook L,Khuu H,Stroncek D,Leitman S,Barrett J,Donohue T,Young NS,Geller N,Childs RW

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighteen patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL), aged 17-73 years, were treated with high-dose cytosine arabinoside (HD-Ara-C) using 3 g/m2 IV q 12 hours X 12 doses. Seven patients were treated for relapse and four (57%) obtained a complete remission with a median duration of 19.5 weeks. In nine patients, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cantin G,Brennan JK

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variable survival outcomes are seen following treatment for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). This study examined whether outcomes for aggressive B-cell NHL are associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in oxidative stress-related genes, which can alter drug metabolism and immune responses. Genotypes...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gustafson HL,Yao S,Goldman BH,Lee K,Spier CM,LeBlanc ML,Rimsza LM,Cerhan JR,Habermann TM,Link BK,Maurer MJ,Slager SL,Persky DO,Miller TP,Fisher RI,Ambrosone CB,Briehl MM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine if therapeutic levels of Rituximab could be achieved in a patient with renal failure being dialyzed and if Rituximab is removed by hemodialysis. A 54-year-old man with low-grade lymphoma and renal failure on hemodialysis received 8 weekly treatments of Rituximab at 375 mg/M(2...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Jillella AP,Dainer PM,Kallab AM,Ustun C

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In thalassemia, fetal hemoglobin (HbF) augmentation with hydroxycarbamide (also known as hydroxyurea) is not always successful. The expected parallel effects on red cell (RBC) membrane deformability, cell hydration, and membrane phospholipid organization, all important for extending RBC life span and increasing Hb, ha...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Singer ST,Vichinsky EP,Larkin S,Olivieri N,Sweeters N,Kuypers FA,E\/beta Thalassemia Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of alpha and non-alpha chains of human hemoglobin (Hb) was studied in reticulocytes and in BFUe-derived cell colonies from patients with alpha chain or beta chain deficiencies. The subjects included normal adults (alpha alpha/alpha alpha) with or without a beta chain variant (Hb S, Hb Leslie) or an alpha...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Huisman TH,Reese AL,Webber B,Okonjo K,Altay C,Felice AE

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute leukemias of ambiguous lineage (ALAL) comprise acute undifferentiated leukemias (AUL) and mixed-phenotype acute leukemias (MPAL). In the revised fourth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification provided further refinements to the diagnostic criteria for ALAL. Molecular characterization of MPA...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Patel SS,Weinberg OK

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：: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：:BCR-ABL1-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are clonal stem cell disorders defined by proliferation of one or more myeloid lineages, and carry an increased risk of vascular events and progression to myelofibrosis and leukemia. Portal hypertension (pHTN) occurs in 7-18% of MPN patients via both thrombotic and...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Reilly CR,Babushok DV,Martin K,Spivak JL,Streiff M,Bahirwani R,Mondschein J,Stein B,Moliterno A,Hexner EO

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of patients with splenic marginal zone cell lymphoma (SMZCL) have rarely been reported. In the present study, immunological abnormalities, particularly hematological abnormalities, observed in SMZCL were described. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenia, and appearance of lupus anti...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Murakami H,Irisawa H,Saitoh T,Matsushima T,Tamura J,Sawamura M,Karasawa M,Hosomura Y,Kojima M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since trisomy 12 is the most common chromosome abnormality found in CLL and MDM2 has been mapped to this chromosome, we examined the possible association of MDM2 in the pathogenesis of CLL. A rearrangement of the MDM2 gene was observed in 4 of 11 peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with CLL by Sout...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Huang YQ,Raphael B,Buchbinder A,Li JJ,Zhang WG,Friedman-Kien AE

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting with Hodgkin's disease (HD) may show lung involvement characterized by contiguous spread from ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes. Lung consolidation or noncontiguous pulmonary involvement makes an alternative diagnosis more likely. This report describes a patient with HD in whom concurrent pulmonary bla...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Winquist EW,Walmsley SL,Berinstein NL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total body irradiation (TBI) has been thought to promote donor cell engraftment in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from alternative donors. However, recent progress in HCT strategies may affect the clinical significance of TBI on neutrophil engraftment. With the use of a Japanese transplant registr...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nakasone H,Fuji S,Yakushijin K,Onizuka M,Shinohara A,Ohashi K,Miyamura K,Uchida N,Takanashi M,Ichinohe T,Atsuta Y,Fukuda T,Ogata M,Complication Working Group of Japanese Society for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a high prevalence of thalassemia in the Taiwan area. Prenatal diagnosis of severe forms of thalassemia is important for the prevention of this disease. We performed prenatal diagnosis in 167 cases, of which 59 cases were diagnosed by chorionic villi biopsy, 91 cases by amniotic fluid analysis, and 17 cases by...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Liu TC,Lin SF,Yang TY,Lee JP,Chen TP,Chang JG

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA), purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP), lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), and LDH isoenzyme patterns (LD1 to LD5) have been measured in lymphocyte extract from 28 patients with B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). The activities of ADA, PNP, and LDH have been correlated with two mo...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Vives Corrons JL,Rozman C,Pujades MA,Colomer D,Perez Vila E,Anegon I,Gallart T,Vives Puiggrós J,Viñolas N,Montserrat E

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the common practice of combining dexamethasone (Dex) with bortezomib (Bz) in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), until now there has been few prospective trials undertaken. We undertook a trial that recapitulated the original APEX study except that dexamethasone was incorporated from cycle 1. We also incorpor...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Harrison SJ,Quach H,Link E,Feng H,Dean J,Copeman M,Van De Velde H,Schwarer A,Baker B,Spencer A,Catalano J,Campbell P,Augustson B,Romeril K,Prince HM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the growth of erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E) and erythroid colony forming units (CFU-E) from bone marrow and blood in six patients with erythroleukemia. Five patients grew CFU-E, while BFU-E were found in the marrow of two and in the peripheral blood of only one patient. In all cases with colony grow...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Newcomb MM,Balducci L,Coleman MB,Steinberg MH

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the methods for the maintenance of a pregnancy in a patient with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), said condition, since 1984, having been controlled by a plasma infusion every 3 to 4 weeks. In a preliminary trial it was confirmed that an infusion of the high molecular weight fraction (HM...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Koyama T,Suehiro A,Kakishita E,Taira S,Isojima S,Norioka M,Ito K

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel agents in combination with melphalan and prednisone (MP) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in multiple myeloma (MM). Randomized trials comparing MP plus bortezomib (VMP) versus MP plus thalidomide (MPT) are lacking. Nine hundred and fifty-six elderly (>65 years) new...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Morabito F,Bringhen S,Larocca A,Wijermans P,Victoria Mateos M,Gimsing P,Mazzone C,Gottardi D,Omedè P,Zweegman S,José Lahuerta J,Zambello R,Musto P,Magarotto V,Schaafsma M,Oriol A,Juliusson G,Cerrato C,Catalano L,Gen

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi), including vorinostat, have been approved for the therapy of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Emerging data suggest that HDACi may exert immune suppressive effects which would be disadvantageous for therapy of CTCL. We describe a patient with Sezary syndrome who was moni...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stephen S,Morrissey KA,Benoit BM,Kim EJ,Vittorio CC,Nasta SD,Showe LC,Wysocka M,Rook AH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of peripheral platelet destruction as a reversible etiology of thrombocytopenia in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) was evaluated in nine patients with CLL and refractory thrombocytopenia who underwent splenectomy. The patients' ages ranged from 54 to 74 years. Progressive thrombocytopenia refractory to ant...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Merl SA,Theodorakis ME,Goldberg J,Gottlieb AJ

更新日期：1983-11-01 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：:Secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML) traditionally has inferior outcomes compared to de novo AML. Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is the sole potentially curative therapy. This study analyzes the outcomes for unmanipulated haploidentical HCT (haploHCT) for sAML using the Acute Leukemia Working P...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Li Z,Labopin M,Ciceri F,Blaise D,Tischer J,Ehninger G,Van Lint MT,Koc Y,Santarone S,Forcade E,Castagna L,Polge E,Mailhol A,Ruggeri A,Mohty M,Savani BN,Nagler A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured endothelial cells from bovine aorta were exposed to oxidized low density lipoprotein and examined by electron microscopy. The endothelial cells contracted slightly and the intercellular junctions became unclear. Some osmiophilic material increased in the cytoplasm. The oxidized low density lipoprotein appears...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zhao B,Zhang Y,Liu B,Nawroth P,Dierichs R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired pure megakaryocytic aplasia is a rare disorder defined by severe thrombocytopenia with no other hematologic abnormalities and absent, or severely decreased marrow megakaryocytes. The etiology may be immune suppression of megakaryocyte development. Two patients are described who both responded rapidly to a com...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Leach JW,Hussein KK,George JN

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The improved microchromatographic procedure for the detection of Hb-S and/or Hb-C in cord blood at birth (Schroeder et al.: J. Lab Clin Med 86:528-532, 1975) as well as a modification thereof may also be used for the quantitative determination of Hb-F in the presence of Hb-S and/or Hb-C. However, Hb-A interferes and m...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Schroeder WA,Evans L,Grussing L,Abraham EC,Huisman TH,Lam H,Shelton JB

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) in 60 patients (age 9-83, 45 females) with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) who did not achieve sustained remission on steroid therapy. Using a modified procedure, the mean duration of LS was 78 min (range 25-240 min) and surgery was associated with only 5% major a...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Szold A,Schwartz J,Abu-Abeid S,Bulvik S,Eldor A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00