A novel alpha-thalassemia-2 (-2.7-kb) observed in a Chinese patient with Hb H disease.

abstract：:The value of menorrhagia as a predictor for mild bleeding disorders has been very little studied and the results are divergent. In the present study on 30 women with objectively verified menorrhagia, we found a significantly increased prevalence of von Willebrand's disease (20%). By keeping a strict sampling and labor...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Edlund M,Blombäck M,von Schoultz B,Andersson O

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) is an unusual acute syndrome presenting with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and cytopenias. The hallmark of HPS is the accumulation of activated macrophages that engulf hematopoietic cells in the reticuloendothelial system. Most cases of HPS in adults are secondary to infection or malignancy,...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Goldschmidt N,Gural A,Kornberg A,Spectre G,Shopen A,Paltiel O

更新日期：2004-08-01 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：:The optimal treatment of advanced sporadic Burkitt lymphoma in adults is still a matter of debate. The salutary results of pediatric therapies did open the road for improving the adult outcome. Between May 1988 and March 2009, 71 consecutive patients-46 adults, 25 children-affected by Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia were tr...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Todeschini G,Bonifacio M,Tecchio C,Balter R,Carli G,Stefani PM,Adami F,Zamò A,Dei Tos AP,Marino F,Gherlinzoni F,Marradi P,Semenzato G,Pizzolo G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection has been associated with an increased risk of developing several types of malignancies, including aggressive peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCL). However, this is a rare occurrence with no more than a hundred cases reported in the literature. The purpose of this multicenter study is to describe the charac...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Castillo JJ,Beltran BE,Bibas M,Bower M,Collins JA,Cwynarski K,Diez-Martin JL,Hernandez-Ilizaliturri F,Horwitz SM,Montoto S,Pantanowitz L,Ribera JM,Vose JM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histopathologic features characterizing the involvement of the bone marrow (BM) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have not been systematically analyzed to date. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess morphologic and immunohistochemical characteristics of BM involvement in SLE. PATIENTS AND ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Voulgarelis M,Giannouli S,Tasidou A,Anagnostou D,Ziakas PD,Tzioufas AG

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old woman and her elder sister developed ligneous conjunctivitis after ocular surgery. Laboratory tests demonstrated that the proband and her sister had 6.6% and 8.1% of plasminogen activity, and 1.2 and 1.4 mg/dl of antigen, respectively. Thus, they were diagnosed as having severe type I plasminogen deficie...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Suzuki T,Ikewaki J,Iwata H,Ohashi Y,Ichinose A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DGE) was used to analyse plasma samples and partially purified cold agglutinins (CA) obtained from two selected patients. Both presented an acute hemolytic anemia with CA of high thermal amplitude, normal immunoglobulin levels, no detectable paraproteinemia, and n...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tissot JD,Clément F,Schifferli JA,Frei PC,Hochstrasser DF,Schneider P

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By virtue of their religious principles, Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) generally object to receiving blood products, raising numerous ethical, legal, and medical challenges for providers who care for these patients, especially in the emergent setting. In this review, we discuss several areas relevant to the care of JWs, i...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Scharman CD,Burger D,Shatzel JJ,Kim E,DeLoughery TG

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leg ulcers are a well recognized complication of sickle cell disease that has been attributed to venous insufficiency. We studied 16 patients with sickle cell disease and active ulcers using venous pulse volume recordings and photoplethysmography (Doppler studies). Based on hemodynamic monitoring, all 16 patients exhi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Billett HH,Patel Y,Rivers SP

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide-pulsed dendritic cells can stimulate T cells showing specific cytotoxicity in chronic myelogenous leukemia. We tried to induce a specific cytotoxic T-cell response stimulated by RNA-pulsed dendritic cells in acute myelogenous leukemia. The total RNA of WEHI-3BD+, a myelomonocytic leukemia cell line derived fro...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Jung CW,Kwon JH,Seol JG,Park WH,Hyun JM,Kim ES,Kim ST,Lee SJ,Kim BK,Lee YY

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the mechanisms explaining the wide variation in platelet counts (PLT) and other hematologic parameters in humans. We previously showed that the sex-based difference in hematocrit was associated with nucleotide variation in the erythropoietin receptor gene (EPOR). We sought to identify new polymor...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zeng SM,Murray JC,Widness JA,Strauss RG,Yankowitz J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old asymptomatic male of Iranian Jewish (Meshadi) heritage was found on routine exam to have an erythrocytosis (RBC = 6.22 x 10(12)/l, Hgb = 19.2 g/dl, Hct = 58.9%). Splenomegaly was absent on physical exam. There was no family history of erythrocytosis. His oxygen dissociation curve was left-shifted with a ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hoyer JD,Allen SL,Beutler E,Kubik K,West C,Fairbanks VF

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor V G1691A (FV-Leiden) and prothrombin G20210A mutations are major inherited risk factors for venous thrombosis. Recently, it was suggested that both mutations, through stimulation of venous and placental thrombosis events, were strongly associated with recurrent idiopathic miscarriages, although other studies di...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Finan RR,Tamim H,Ameen G,Sharida HE,Rashid M,Almawi WY

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) and a primary overt stroke are at high risk of recurrent (secondary) stroke. Chronic transfusion therapy dramatically reduces but does not eliminate this high risk, and inevitably results in transfusion-related hemosiderosis. We previously reported the use of hydroxyurea/phleboto...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Greenway A,Ware RE,Thornburg CD

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of anti-human platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIbIIIa monoclonal antibodies to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVE) was studied. Scatchard analysis using 125I-anti-platelet GPIIb-IIIa monoclonal antibody showed that the maximum binding capacity (B max) was 8 X 10(4)/cell and Kd was 40.2 nM. The binding...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nakajima T,Koyama T,Kakishita E,Nagai K

更新日期：1987-05-01 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：:We describe a unique case of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). The patient had typical clinicohematological features as ATL, but showed a lack of antibody to human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) and was negative for HTLV-1 proviral DNA in the peripheral mononuclear cells by means of polymerase chain reactio...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nakase K,Hasegawa M,Tsuji K,Ikeda T,Tamaki S,Tanigawa M,Miyanishi E,Shiku H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with congenital protein-C deficiency was treated with stanozolol for 8 weeks to increase circulating levels of protein C. A rise in protein C was achieved, accompanied by an increase in factor II, factor X, antithrombin III, and protein S; but at the 8th week the patient suffered a transient ischemia attack....

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： De Stefano V,Leone G,Teofili L,Ferrelli R,Pollari G,Antonini V,Bizzi B

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An association between thrombocytopenia and thyrotoxicosis in a single individual is well documented, and the theories for this event include a common immunologic cause or a thyrotoxic-induced decrease in platelet survival. We report the first description of the coexistence of autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bizzaro N

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to analyze clinical and/or autopsy findings at the time of death among adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) at Howard University in Washington, DC over a 25-year period. A single physician recorded circumstances of death among 141 adult SCD patients he treated and knew well from 1976 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Darbari DS,Kple-Faget P,Kwagyan J,Rana S,Gordeuk VR,Castro O

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In May 2005 at the 8th International Symposium on Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), a consensus meeting was held on iron overload in MDS (Seymour, Hematol Oncol Clin 2005; Suppl 1:18-25). The recommendations of the 2005 consensus meeting were discussed in the context of currently available evidence at the 9th Internati...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bennett JM,MDS Foundation's Working Group on Transfusional Iron Overload.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous morphine is the treatment of choice for severe pain during vaso- occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease (SCD). However, side effects of morphine may hamper effective treatment, and high plasma levels of morphine are associated with severe complications such as acute chest syndrome. Furthermore, adequate d...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： van Beers EJ,van Tuijn CF,Nieuwkerk PT,Friederich PW,Vranken JH,Biemond BJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:The recent progress in sensitive KIT D816V mutation analysis suggests that mutation analysis of peripheral blood (PB) represents a promising diagnostic test in mastocytosis. However, there is a need for systematic assessment of the analytical sensitivity and specificity of the approach in order to establish its value ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kristensen T,Vestergaard H,Bindslev-Jensen C,Møller MB,Broesby-Olsen S,Mastocytosis Centre, Odense University Hospital (MastOUH).

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) (250 microg/m2) was administered subcutaneously to 7 normal volunteers for up to 14 days to study its effects on neutrophil kinetics and function. With treatment, blood neutrophil counts rose gradually to peak at 3 1/2 times baseline by day 14. At day 5 marrow ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dale DC,Liles WC,Llewellyn C,Price TH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) is defined as the concurrent or sequential discovery of at least one sebaceous gland tumor and a minimum of one internal malignancy. A man with Hodgkin's lymphoma who subsequently developed an ocular sebaceous carcinoma in situ is described and the world literature of patients with the MT...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cohen PR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified protein-bound cobalamin absorption test was used to study dietary cobalamin absorption in healthy adults of different age groups and patients with isolated low serum concentrations of cobalamin. Dietary cobalamin absorption was significantly reduced in healthy adults aged 55-75 years compared with young adu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Scarlett JD,Read H,O'Dea K

更新日期：1992-02-01 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 results of chemotherapy remain unsatisfactory for many patients with advanced lymphomas. Both standard and more aggressive chemotherapy regimens might have their respective role in the management of theses diseases. We have tested the feasibility and assessed the toxicity and activity of a LNH84-derived chemothera...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Laurencet FM,Zulian GB,Bauer J,Mermillod B,Iten PA,Alberto P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00