Altered cytokine activities are related to the suppression of synthesis of normal immunoglobulin in multiple myeloma.

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：:A common side effect of opioids is nausea and vomiting; however, the incidence in hospitalized patients receiving opioids for acute pain is unknown. We performed a retrospective study in adult patients with sickle cell disease admitted for an acute pain crisis during a six-month period to evaluate the incidence of nau...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Shord SS,Chew L,Villano J

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:all-trans-Retinoic acid (ATRA) induces complete remission in majority of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). However, accelerated metabolism of ATRA that is induced by chronic daily administration of oral ATRA has been implicated as one of the mechanisms leading to a reduced sensitivity or resistance to ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ozpolat B,Mehta K,Tari AM,Lopez-Berestein G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of a human erythroid cell surface antigen recognized by monoclonal antibody (mAB) HAE9 has been studied on peripheral blood reticulocytes by one- and two-color flow cytometry. Total reticulocyte count was determined using Thiazole Orange (TO) and flow cytometry. In normal individuals, 4.56% of reticuloc...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Mechetner EB,Sedmak DD,Barth RF

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital malformations of the inferior vena cava (IVC) are uncommon and may be associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis. We report the case of a man with congenital absence of the IVC and remote history of deep venous thrombosis who now presents with severe abdominal wall superficial thrombophlebitis. ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Evanchuk DM,Von Gehr A,Zehnder JL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main treatment for many patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) remains red cell transfusion to attenuate the symptoms of chronic anemia. Fatigue can reduce a patient's health related quality of life (HRQoL), but there is little understanding of the optimal use of transfusions to improve this. A systematic r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pinchon DJ,Stanworth SJ,Dorée C,Brunskill S,Norfolk DR

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:One of the more intriguing aspects of the spleen is the protection against certain bacterial infections afforded by its unique vascular and immune function. There have been extensive clinical surveys which indicate an incidence of overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI) above that of the disease for which the sp...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Krivit W

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaucher disease (GD) is a lysosomal storage disorder; symptomatic patients with type 1 GD need long-term disease-specific therapy of which the standard of care has been enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). Thirty-eight of 40 patients (aged 9-71 years) clinically stable on ERT with imiglucerase, safely switched to a compa...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Elstein D,Mehta A,Hughes DA,Giraldo P,Charrow J,Smith L,Shankar SP,Hangartner TN,Kunes Y,Wang N,Crombez E,Zimran A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single agents have demonstrated activity in relapsed and refractory (R/R) peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). Their benefit relative to combination chemotherapy remains undefined. Patients with histologically confirmed PTCL were enrolled in the Comprehensive Oncology Measures for Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma Treatment (C...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stuver RN,Khan N,Schwartz M,Acosta M,Federico M,Gisselbrecht C,Horwitz SM,Lansigan F,Pinter-Brown LC,Pro B,Shustov AR,Foss FM,Jain S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is thought to be mediated via auto-antibodies produced by lymphoid B cells. This may be an idiopathic process or secondary to an underlying infection or lymphoproliferative disorder. Conventional treatment comprises immunosuppression with corticosteroids and, in some cases, splenectomy. A p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ramanathan S,Koutts J,Hertzberg MS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to explore the value of markers of bone turnover, macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha), and osteopontin (OPN) in the diagnosis of myeloma bone disease. Twenty-five patients with newly diagnosed and untreated multiple myeloma (MM), and 22 age-, sex-, and bone mineral density-match...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dizdar O,Barista I,Kalyoncu U,Karadag O,Hascelik G,Cila A,Pinar A,Celik I,Kars A,Tekuzman G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalidomide is being increasingly used in hematology and oncology. Its use is associated with neuropathy, sedation, edema, fatigue, constipation, and deep venous thrombosis. Cytopenias are unusual, but there are case reports. However, there are no reports of isolated thrombocytopenia. We describe here a case of prolon...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Prasad HK,Kaushal V,Mehta P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study demonstrates the quantitative characteristics of the first patient-reported outcome (PRO) tool developed for patients with nontransfusion-dependent β-thalassemia (NTDT), the NTDT-PRO© . A multicenter validation study was performed over 24 weeks, involving 48 patients from Italy, Lebanon, Greece, and Thailan...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Taher A,Cappellini MD,Viprakasit V,Sutcharitchan P,Mahmoud D,Laadem A,Khan A,Gwaltney C,Harding G,Attie K,Zhang X,Zou J,Pariseau J,Henry Hu X,Kattamis A

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell (SS) disease is a complex of various genetic conditions. In some, homozygosity for the beta S gene may be present alone or in combination with the heterozygous or homozygous alpha-thalassemia-2 condition. Such combinations might ameliorate the clinical and hematological condition of the patient. The same m...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Huisman TH

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)) has been found effective in the treatment in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML). Most studies with As(2)O(3) involve patients with APML who have relapsed following standard therapy. Between January 1998 and July 2000, 14 patients were recruited for an ongoing trial of As(...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Mathews V,Balasubramanian P,Shaji RV,George B,Chandy M,Srivastava A

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cases of immune hemolytic anemia are associated with a positive direct antiglobulin test. However, in some cases, the antiglobulin test is not sensitive enough to detect low levels of red-cell bound antibodies. This report describes a method using radiolabelled purified staphylococcal protein A which is capable o...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yam P,Petz LD,Spath P

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific anti-human thymus xenoantiserum (ATS) was utilized for characterizing a human thymus antigen (HTA) preferentially expressed on human thymocytes. Binding of ATS with different cell types was studied by immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase techniques, as well as by radioimmunoprecipitation (RIP) followed by ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Fujimoto J,Ishii Y,Koshiba H,Matsuura A,Ogasawara M,Uede T,Kikuchi K

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old untransfused, non-drinking man with Hemoglobin H-CS disease presented with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, markedly elevated serum ferritin level, and marked iron deposition in hepatocytes. He did not carry either of the two common mutations of the HLA-H gene for hereditary hemochromatosis, namely, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Chan V,Todd D

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Ring sideroblasts (RS) are erythroid precursors with abnormal perinuclear mitochondrial iron accumulation. Two myeloid neoplasms defined by the presence of RS, include refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts (RARS), now classified under myelodysplastic syndromes with RS (MDS-RS) and RARS with thromboc...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Patnaik MM,Tefferi A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalassemia is one of the most prevalent monogenic diseases usually caused by quantitative defects in the production of β-globin leading to severe anemia. Technological advances in genome sequencing, stem cell selection, viral vector development, transduction and gene editing strategies now allow for efficient exvivo ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Soni S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have multiple treatment options yet there is no consensus as to the best initial therapy. Lenalidomide, an immunomodulatory agent, has single agent activity in relapsed lymphoma. This trial was conducted to assess feasibility, efficacy, and safety of adding lenalidomid...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Rosenthal A,Dueck AC,Ansell S,Gano K,Conley C,Nowakowski GS,Camoriano J,Leis JF,Mikhael JR,Keith Stewart A,Inwards D,Dingli D,Kumar S,Noel P,Gertz M,Porrata L,Russell S,Colgan J,Fonseca R,Habermann TM,Kapoor P,B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this descriptive study, all 425 reports were included concerning drug-associated agranulocytosis as registered between 1974 and 1994 in the files of the Drug Safety Unit of the Dutch Inspectorate for Health Care. All reports were analysed as to the probability of agranulocytosis or neutropenia according to previous...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： van der Klauw MM,Wilson JH,Stricker BH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philadelphia chromosome (Ph1) positive, or "adult-type," chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) differs in many clinical and laboratory aspects from PH1-negative, or "juvenile," CGL. Because of these differences, the disorders have been considered two distinct disease entities. We present a child with Ph1-positive CGL wh...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gay JC,Dessypris EN,Roloff JS,Lukens JN

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophilia associated with solid tumors is an infrequent occurrence. The pathogenesis of tumor-associated eosinophilia is not well understood. Interleukin-5 (IL-5) is a cytokine that has been implicated in the development of eosinophilia in mice and humans. However, there is little data associating IL-5 production w...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pandit R,Scholnik A,Wulfekuhler L,Dimitrov N

更新日期：2007-03-01 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

abstract：:In this study, we further established the role of interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), interleukin-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) as regulators of proliferation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. AML cells from 8 of 15 patients incorporated high levels of 3H-thymidin...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Carter A,Silvian-Draxler I,Tatarsky I

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-two previously untreated patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia were analysed to study the prognostic value of both the immunologic phenotype and the clinicobiologic characteristics. Univariate studies showed that none of the immunological markers analysed, sheep-rosette, mouse-rosette, slg, and HLA/...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Orfao A,Gonzalez M,San Miguel JF,Rios A,Canizo MC,Hernandez J,Maricato ML,Lopez Borrasca A

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to establish a method to identify patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) utilizing administrative data from diverse data sources that would be appropriate for epidemiologic studies of ITP, regardless of patients' age and source of health care. Medical records of the Oklahoma...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Terrell DR,Beebe LA,Vesely SK,Neas BR,Segal JB,George JN

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00