Intensive management of high-utilizing adults with sickle cell disease lowers admissions.

abstract：:Quantification of sickle hemoglobin (HbS) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) undergoing hydroxyurea or chronic transfusion therapy is essential to monitoring the effectiveness of these therapies. The clinical monitoring of %HbS using conventional laboratory methods is limited by high per-test costs and long tu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Piety NZ,Yang X,Lezzar D,George A,Shevkoplyas SS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While surgery is commonly required for complications related to hemoglobin SC (HbSC) disease, little is known about the perioperative complications or the indications for preoperative transfusion in this group. We describe the patient characteristics, preoperative transfusion regimens, and outcome in 92 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Neumayr L,Koshy M,Haberkern C,Earles AN,Bellevue R,Hassell K,Miller S,Black D,Vichinsky E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare beta-thalassemia mutation at the splicing junction [namely, G-->C in intervening sequence (IVS) I-1] was found in a Japanese family. The proband and his mother were heterozygous for the mutation. Analysis of mRNA extracted from the reticulocyte-rich fraction obtained from the proband's mother revealed that the ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Fujihara N,Tozuka M,Ueno I,Yamauchi K,Nakagoshi R,Ishikawa S,Hirota M,Okumura N,Ishii E,Katsuyama T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD19+CD5+ lymphocytes constitute a minority of peripheral blood B cells. In view of the importance of these cells in the pathogenesis of the immunoregulation of myeloma, their incidence in another lymphoid organ was determined. CD5+ B cells were studied in 9 spleens from patients with multiple myeloma and in 10 spleen...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： MacKenzie MR,Paglieroni T,Caggiano V

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Argatroban is a direct thrombin inhibitor approved for the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) type II. Argatroban is predominantly metabolized in the liver. It is widely believed that no dosage adjustment is required in patients with renal insufficiency, making it a preferred agent in patients on rena...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Athar U,Husain J,Hudson J,Lynch J,Gajra A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis is a clonal, nonproliferative plasma cell disorder in which fragments of immunoglobulin light or heavy chain are deposited in tissues. Clinical features depend on organs involved but can include heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, nephrotic syndrome, h...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gertz MA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle (Hb SS) red cells, preloaded with 45Ca by reversal of hemolysis, exhibit an incomplete 45Ca extrusion, retaining approximately four times more 45Ca than normal cells. Studies indicated that neither the reduction in Hb SS cell Ca2+-Mg2+ ATPase activity (84% of normal) nor the activation of Ca2+-Mg2+ ATPase by ca...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Litosch I,Lee KS

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of CD45 RA/RO antigen was investigated in neoplasms including cases expressing CD7 antigen as the sole pan-T antigen (n = 8), T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)/lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) at various stages of differentiation (n = 32), peripheral stage T-lineage leukemia (n = 10) and adult T-...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kawano S,Tatsumi E,Yoneda N,Tani A,Nakamura F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients developing lymphomas after disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) (methotrexate, n = 3, mean cumulative dose = 3.4 g; cyclophosphamide, n = 2, mean dose = 70 g; azathioprine, n = 6, mean dose = 243 g) were investigated. Methotrexate-related lymphomas were Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive, had inf...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Au WY,Ma ES,Choy C,Chung LP,Fung TK,Liang R,Kwong YL

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:New treatments have transformed multiple myeloma into a chronic disease. Hence, optimal management of treatment and disease-related complications remains a critical component of survivorship care. Survivorship care model in cancers requiring a fixed-duration therapy may not be applicable to myeloma, since patients are...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chakraborty R,Majhail NS

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：:A case of idiopathic immune-mediated von Willebrand's disease (AvWD) associated angiodysplasia and recurrent lower gastrointestinal bleeding is reported. Coagulation parameters at presentation were activated partial thromboplastin time of 41 sec, bleeding time >15 min, factor VIII procoagulant activity, 5%; von Willeb...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Alhumood SA,Devine DV,Lawson L,Nantel SH,Carter CJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：: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：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas are a heterogenous group of T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders involving the skin, the majority of which may be classified as Mycosis Fungoides (MF) or Sézary Syndrome (SS). DIAGNOSIS:The diagnosis of MF or SS requires the integration of clinical and histopathologic data. ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wilcox RA

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：: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：:A 63-year-old white man with myasthenia gravis and red cell aplasia was found to have hepatic iron overload. The differential diagnosis included hereditary hemochromatosis and secondary iron overload related to red cell aplasia. Family studies of siblings, including HLA typing, initially suggested a diagnosis of secon...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Adams PC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to comprehensively study sex differences in disease and patients' characteristics, treatment and outcomes in patients with follicular lymphoma (FL) in the United States (USA) utilizing the National LymphoCare Study registry (2004-2014). Among evaluable males (n = 1277) and females (n = 1375) with FL, females ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nabhan C,Zhou X,Day BM,Dawson K,Zelenetz AD,Friedberg JW,Cerhan JR,Link BK,Flowers CR

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) represents the only curative option for primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare disease of infants and young children, characterized by recurrent fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and cytopenia. We report a case of successful engraftment and stable fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cesaro S,Gazzola MV,Marson P,Calore E,Caenazzo L,Destro R,De Silvestro G,Varotto S,Pillon M,Zanesco L,Messina C

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density lipoprotein (HDL) of 100-400 micrograms/ml did not prevent morphological alterations of human blood platelets treated with serotonin (1-5 microM). Highly concentrated HDL (1,200 micrograms/ml) appeared to activate platelets in vitro. These findings indicate that whole HDL may not inhibit agonist-induced p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pfennig O,Zhao B,Frye S,Dierichs R

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a complex acquired coagulopathy resulting from excessive thrombin formation. Abnormal tissue factor (TF) expression is a major mechanism initiating DIC in many disorders, including obstetrical complications, sepsis, cancer, and trauma. Numerous laboratory tests are avail...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Carey MJ,Rodgers GM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilia may represent an early paraclinical sign of hematological malignant disease, but no reports exist on its predictive value for hematological malignancies. From the Copenhagen Primary Care Differential Count (CopDiff) Database, we identified 356,196 individuals with at least one differential cell count (DIF...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Andersen CL,Siersma VD,Hasselbalch HC,Lindegaard H,Vestergaard H,Felding P,de Fine Olivarius N,Bjerrum OW

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) is a rare, often aggressive myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) defined by persistent mature neutrophilic leukocytosis, bone marrow granulocyte hyperplasia, and frequent hepatosplenomegaly. The seminal discovery of oncogenic driver mutations in colony-stimulating facto...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Szuber N,Elliott M,Tefferi A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboembolic complications following splenectomy for hematologic diseases occur in up to 10% of patients and may range from portal vein thrombosis (PVT) to pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Up to now there exist no recommendations for the duration and intensity of prophylactic anticoagulation, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Mohren M,Markmann I,Dworschak U,Franke A,Maas C,Mewes S,Weiss G,Jentsch-Ullrich K

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:Coagulation factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (VWF) are key proteins in procoagulant activation. Higher FVIII coagulant activity (FVIII :C) and VWF antigen (VWF :Ag) are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and venous thromboembolism. Beyond associations with ABO blood group, genetic determinants of FVIII and V...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tang W,Cushman M,Green D,Rich SS,Lange LA,Yang Q,Tracy RP,Tofler GH,Basu S,Wilson JG,Keating BJ,Weng LC,Taylor HA,Jacobs DR Jr,Delaney JA,Palmer CD,Young T,Pankow JS,O'Donnell CJ,Smith NL,Reiner AP,Folsom AR

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia with thrombosis (HATT) is fatal in 29% and leads to limb amputation in another 21% of patients. Patients with arterial thrombosis do worse than do those with venous thrombosis alone. Heparin-associated thrombocytopenia is mediated through IgG or IgM immunoglobulin fractions and is b...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nand S,Robinson JA

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00