Pulmonary hypertension of sickle cell disease: more than just another lung disease.

abstract：:Defective fibrinolysis due to decreased tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) activity is a well-established finding in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The possibility that this decrease in t-PA activity may be related to the presence of autoantibodies directed against t-PA, and the possible role ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ruiz-Arguelles A,Angles-Cano E,Perez-Romano B,Ruiz-Arguelles GJ,Deleze M,Alarcon-Segovia D,Gaussem P

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic light-chain (AL) amyloidosis may be associated with acquired factor X (FX) deficiency and optimal management of this coagulopathy is unknown. We reviewed our experience with 60 patients with isolated FX deficiency (< or =50%) due to AL amyloidosis that underwent an invasive procedure between 1975 and 2007. Th...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Thompson CA,Kyle R,Gertz M,Heit J,Pruthi R,Pardanani A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arachidonic acid metabolites produced by human peripheral blood monocytes were studied to determine which metabolites could have a role in thrombogenesis. Monocytes were found to be free of platelets by scanning electron microscopy and by measurement of 12-HETE. Human peripheral blood monocytes produce thromboxane...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Jones CM,Hall ER,Hester JP,Wu KK

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a patient presenting with idiopathic concurrent erythrocytic and megakaryocytic aplasia is reported. The patient's response to immunosuppressive therapy and her bone marrow pathology clearly suggest an immune mechanism. Based on the lack of suppression of erythroid colony growth, several mechanisms are postu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Canavan BF,Huhn RD,Kim HC,Kosmin M,Sheay W,Saidi P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia developing in the course of chemotherapy for malignant disease is usually attributed to drug-induced marrow suppression and/or marrow replacement by tumor. We describe two patients who developed severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic symptoms while being treated with oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Curtis BR,Kaliszewski J,Marques MB,Saif MW,Nabelle L,Blank J,McFarland JG,Aster RH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we describe the time-dependent effects of a high dose (750 micrograms/ml/24 hr) continuous infusion of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) on monocyte number, cytokine release, and superoxide anion production. Blood was taken from patients prior to rhGM-CSF infus...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Perkins RC,Vadhan-Raj S,Scheule RK,Hamilton R,Holian A

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten previously untreated elderly patients with hypocellular acute leukemia received a low dose of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), 10 mg/m2 injected subcutaneously every 12 hours for 14-28 days. Six patients achieved a complete remission (CR) for periods ranging for 6-23 months (median 8.5 months) and the others had a pa...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kanamori H,Maruta A,Miyashita H,Harano H,Fukawa H,Matsuzaki M,Motomura S,Mohri H,Kodama F,Okubo T

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a black box warning to anti-D immune globulin (Rho(D) immune globulin, anti-D) for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) to warn of the complications related to severe hemolysis. The objective of this retrospective medical record review was to examine recent trends in anti...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Long M,Kalish LA,Neufeld EJ,Grace RF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of mature B-cell markers and T markers was determined in lymphocytes isolated from the peripheral blood (PBL) of 20 healthy and 51 patients with non-Hodgkin malignant lymphoma (NHL). The disease was classified as newly diagnosed, in remission, or being treated with chemotherapy and of low-, intermediate...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Janowska-Wieczorek A,Andrews EJ,Khaliq A,Pilarski LM

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative changes of hemostatic molecular markers were studied in patients with nephrotic syndrome. The plasma levels of fibrinopeptide A (FPA), thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT), products of thrombin activation, and fragment F1 + 2 (F1 + 2), a product of prothrombin activation, were measured by enzyme immuno...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chen TY,Huang CC,Tsao CJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL) is a relatively new entity with only a few reports published. We report seven cases of SLVL with detailed clinicopathologic and comprehensive immunophenotypic studies to further characterize this lymphoma, which is frequently confused with hairy cell leukemia and other ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sun T,Susin M,Brody J,Dittmar K,Teichberg S,Weiner R,Lin JH,Felber N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) is an uncommon but potentially fatal disease. The disease primarily involves the lungs; however, skin, renal, and central nervous system (CNS) are seen in varying proportions. Neurological involvement occurs in one third of the patients, and confers a worse prognosis. The use of radiot...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Petrella TM,Walker IR,Jones GW,Leber B

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a patient with de novo acute myelocytic leukemia with trilineage myelodysplasia (AML/TMDS) in whom cytogenetic analysis was normal at diagnosis and in whom Philadelphia chromosome (Ph1) with monosomy 7 emerged at the terminal stage of the disease. Reverse transcription polymerse chain reaction (RT-PCTR)...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Matsue K,Miyamoto T,Ito M,Tsukuda K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An HTLV-I-seronegative case of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) carrying the HTLV-I genome is reported. Screening serological tests were negative and Western blot analysis revealed only a faint band for HTLV-I p24. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) disclosed the presence of HTLV-I gag, pol, env, pX, and LTR sequences in the ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kubota T,Ikezoe T,Hakoda E,Sawada T,Taguchi H,Miyoshi I

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：: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：:In this study we investigated the possible role of neutrophil (PMN) elastase and its natural inhibitor, alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (alpha1-PI) in the pathogenesis of the pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE)-like syndrome which is found in patients with homozygous beta-thalassemia. We studied 30 beta-thalassemia homozygotes...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Samarkos M,Aessopos A,Fragodimitri C,Karagiorga M,Kalotychou V,Voskaridou E,Kavouklis E,Loukopoulos D

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical development of lenalidomide (Revlimid™), then pomalidomide (Actimid™) as members of immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), exemplifies how insight into disease biology can lead to design of effective therapeutic agents. Increased experience and understanding of IMiD's d...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Quach H,Kalff A,Spencer A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyurea is a drug that is used to treat some patients with sickle cell disease. We have measured the deformability of sickle erythrocytes incubated in hydroxyurea in vitro and found that hydroxyurea acts to decrease the deformability of these cells. The deformability of normal erythrocytes was not significantly af...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Huang Z,Louderback JG,King SB,Ballas SK,Kim-Shapiro DB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes studies investigating the use of a collagen binding assay to improve the laboratory monitoring of desmopressin (DDAVP) therapy in patients with von Willebrand's disease (vWD). We evaluated the response of seven patients with vWD (four type I, three type IIA) to DDAVP, administered using a standar...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Favaloro EJ,Dean M,Grispo L,Exner T,Koutts J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent observations that the sickle RBC are excessively susceptible to phagocytosis by macrophages in vitro prompted me to look for evidence of in vivo erythrophagocytosis (Ep) in patients with sickle cell anemia (SS). Freshly prepared smears of unmanipulated blood of 27 patients with SS in steady state were examined ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Solanki DL

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) are increased in chronic lymphocytic leukemia(CLL) and correlates with clinical and biological features of active/progressive disease. However, little is known about their ability to predict the time to first treatment (TFT). We evaluated 75 patients with Rai stage 0 CLL, in whom the absolut...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： D'Arena G,D'Auria F,Simeon V,Laurenti L,Deaglio S,Mansueto G,Del Principe MI,Statuto T,Pietrantuono G,Guariglia R,Innocenti I,Martorelli MC,Villani O,De Feo V,Del Poeta G,Musto P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the functional property of neonatal polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), we studied their chemoattractant-stimulated superoxide anion (O2-) production using a soluble chemotactic peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) as a PMN stimulus. O2- production by neonatal PMNs was increased: ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yamazaki M,Matsuoka T,Yasui K,Komiyama A,Akabane T

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Intensive induction chemotherapy using anthracycline and cytarabine backbone is considered the most effective upfront therapy in physically fit older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, outcomes of the standard induction in elderly AML are inferior to those observed in younger patients, and they are s...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pluta A,Robak T,Wrzesien-Kus A,Katarzyna Budziszewska B,Sulek K,Wawrzyniak E,Czemerska M,Zwolinska M,Golos A,Holowiecka-Goral A,Kyrcz-Krzemien S,Piszcz J,Kloczko J,Mordak-Domagala M,Lange A,Razny M,Madry K,Wiktor-Jedrze

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial Pseudohyperkalemia (FP) is a dominant red cell trait characterized by increased serum [K(+)] in whole blood stored at or below room temperature, without additional hematological abnormalities. Functional gene mapping and sequencing analysis of the candidate genes within the 2q35-q36 critical interval identifi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Andolfo I,Alper SL,Delaunay J,Auriemma C,Russo R,Asci R,Esposito MR,Sharma AK,Shmukler BE,Brugnara C,De Franceschi L,Iolascon A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin Lyon-Bron was found in two members of a family of German ascent presenting with a moderate normocytic anemia. In this alpha 2 globin variant, the N-terminal valine of the chain was replaced by an alanine. Electrospray mass spectrometry of the alpha chain showed that, as normally, the initiator methionine wa...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lacan P,Souillet G,Aubry M,Promé D,Richelme-David S,Kister J,Wajcman H,Francina A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00