Progressive refractory light chain amyloidosis and multiple myeloma patients are responsive to the addition of clarithromycin to IMiD based therapy.

abstract：:We experienced two rare cases of pernicious anemia that presented in the course of mycosis fungoides in elderly males. Pernicious anemia has recently been reported to be caused by autoimmune gastritis that produces autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells and intrinsic factor. Immunological abnormalities in mycosis fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Saitoh T,Murakami H,Hayashi K,Matsushima T,Tamura J,Karasawa M,Naruse T,Tsuchiya J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare association of congenital afibrinogenemia and hereditary protein C deficiency is described in a 37-year-old female who suffered from ischemic necrosis in the left first toe. The diagnosis of afibrinogenemia was assessed by the absence of fibrinogen in clotting and immunological assays. The diagnosis of heredita...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hanano M,Takahashi H,Itoh M,Shibata A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirements for factor VIII (AHF) or factor IX (PTC) of hemophilic patients undergoing dental extractions were evaluated to determine the minimum effective regimen. Sixteen patients underwent 19 operative procedures. The mean total dose of factor VIII or IX was 45.8 U/kg for 11 procedures with preoperative replac...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Steinberg SE,Levin J,Bell WR

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using an in vitro system to evaluate the simultaneous use of two drugs, we previously have confirmed the synergism of vincristine and prednisolone cytotoxicity against lymphoid cells. Experiments were now carried out to determine whether other steroid hormones can be substituted for prednisolone. Partial or complete p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Rosner F,Hirshaut Y,Grünwald HW,Deutsch S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracyclines have contributed to a marked increase in survival in different types of cancer [1,2]. Unfortunately, they are associated with dose-dependent cardiotoxicity and heart failure (HF) [3–8]. Change to a weekly dosage schedule with slow infusions has been tested, a strategy that requires more frequent hospita...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Georgakopoulos P,Roussou P,Matsakas E,Karavidas A,Anagnostopoulos N,Marinakis T,Galanopoulos A,Georgiakodis F,Zimeras S,Kyriakidis M,Ahimastos A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 5' beta-globin gene flanking region has been carried out for numerous homozygous beta-thalassemia patients with different mutations and of various ethnic backgrounds. Four different rearrangements were found associated with numerous beta-thalassemia mutations. The (AT)X(T)Y repeat m...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dimovski AJ,Adekile AD,Divoky V,Baysal E,Huisman TH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 3 episodes of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) in 2 solid organ recipients under FK506 (tacrolimus) therapy. In both cases, discontinuation of FK506 and treatment with plasma exchange, fresh frozen plasma replacement, corticosteroids, aspirin, and dipyridamole led to resolution of MAHA. In one pati...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Mach-Pascual S,Samii K,Beris P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is due to different membrane protein defects (i.e., deficiency of spectrin and ankyrin, band 3, or band 4.2). In order to gain new insight into the relationships between band 3 function and proteins associated with the cytoskeleton, we studied erythrocyte anion transport activity in HS ch...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： De Franceschi L,Olivieri O,Miraglia del Giudice E,Perrotta S,Sabato V,Corrocher R,Iolascon A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim r) is a widely used antibiotic combination effective against a broad spectrum of microbial organisms. There are reports of neutropenia developing during even brief periods of oral therapy, particularly in individuals with either folate deficiency or increased folate requireme...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bjornson BH,McIntyre AP,Harvey JM,Tauber AI

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) and myelodysplasia (MDS) with chromosome 3q abnormalities have a dismal outcome either untreated or with conventional treatments. Azacitidine (AZA) is now considered as the standard of care in high-risk MDS and oligoblastic AML patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impa...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wanquet A,Prebet T,Berthon C,Sebert M,Roux C,Kulasekararaj A,Micol JB,Esterni B,Itzykson R,Thepot S,Recher C,Delaunay J,Dreyfus F,Mufti G,Fenaux P,Vey N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most reports of prognosis and therapy in diffuse small non-cleaved cell lymphoma (DSNCL), an aggressive high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) which appears to be of two histopathologic subtypes, have included predominantly a pediatric population and very few adults. We studied 20 newly diagnosed, previously untreate...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Morrison VA,Frizzera G,Arthur DC,Ogle KM,Hurd DD,Bloomfield CD,Peterson BA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the influence of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL) on platelet functional morphology at an early activation stage, washed human blood platelets were stimulated by 100 micrograms/ml Ox-LDL at 37 degrees C. The settling and spreading process of stimulated and unstimulated platelets on Formvar-c...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zhao B,Rickert CH,Filler TJ,Liu B,Verhallen PF,Dierichs R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary leukaemia following treatment of M3 acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) is a rare event. We describe a patient in remission following chemotherapy for APL who relapsed with M2 acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemia (ANLL). The original t(15;17) (q22;q21) chromosome translocation was lost and replaced by a clone c...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hatzis T,Standen GR,Howell RT,Savill C,Wagstaff M,Scott GL

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old African-American man with sickle cell-beta(+)-thalassemia presented with acute asthma of 2 days' duration. The asthma was well controlled by 48 hr, and parenteral medications were changed to oral bronchodilators and steroids. Sixty hours after presentation, he developed pain similar to that of sickle cel...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Johnson K,Stastny JF,Rucknagel DL

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinine-induced immune thrombocytopenia with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a recently defined clinical entity. In this paper we have attempted to characterize the natural history and laboratory abnormalities typical of quinine-induced immune thrombocytopenia associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome in nine patie...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gottschall JL,Neahring B,McFarland JG,Wu GG,Weitekamp LA,Aster RH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with incapacitating POEMS syndrome characterized by serum monoclonal protein, polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis, massive ascites formation, and pulmonary hypertension. A dramatic improvement in the clinical condition occurred after administration of ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sinisalo M,Hietaharju A,Sauranen J,Wirta O

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-nine HIV-1 antibody positive and 58 antibody negative hemophiliacs were evaluated over a 2 year study period to gain insight into the natural history and prognosis of HIV-1 disease in members of this risk group. Mean CD4 (Leu 3+) cell counts calculated at 6 month intervals decreased gradually in seropositive pat...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Teitel JM,Freedman JJ,Garvey MB,Kardish M

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant DNA technology and protein engineering are creating hope that we can address ongoing challenges in hemophilia care such as reducing the costs of therapy, increasing the availability to the developing world, and improving the functional properties of these proteins. Technological advances to improve the hal...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pipe SW

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:We report here the haplotypes of 10 MstII-defined SS patients and a S/beta o thalassemia from the Central African Republic, exhibiting 7 different atypical haplotypes that are different from the typical Bantu haplotype that characterize over 93% of the beta s bearing chromosomes in that region of Africa. Of the seven ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Srinivas R,Dunda O,Krishnamoorthy R,Fabry ME,Georges A,Labie D,Nagel RL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better assess the efficacy and safety of rituximab in adults' warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA), we conducted a retrospective study including 27 adults (mean age 49.7 +/- 21 years) with either primary (n = 17) or secondary (n = 10) wAIHA. On average, the patients received 2.1 +/- 1.4 treatment lines...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bussone G,Ribeiro E,Dechartres A,Viallard JF,Bonnotte B,Fain O,Godeau B,Michel M

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the genetic defects of 21 unrelated patients with venous thrombosis in whom hereditary protein C deficiency was diagnosed. Eleven mutations were detected in 18 families, while no mutation was detectable in the other three families. Among these mutations, a common genetic mutation of protein C (PROC) gene r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tsay W,Shen MC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of several iron chelators on iron uptake and release by mouse peritoneal macrophages has been investigated. The 1,2-dimethyl (L1) and 1-ethyl-2-methyl (L1NEt) derivatives of 3-hydroxypyrid-4-one markedly enhanced iron mobilisation from macrophages pulsed with 59Fe-transferrin-antitransferrin immune complexe...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Brock JH,Licéaga J,Arthur HM,Kontoghiorghes GJ

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：: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：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy is associated with rare reports of thromboembolic events and severe hyponatremia. We hypothesized that IVIG therapy may result in hyperproteinemia, increased serum viscosity, and pseudohyponatremia. We conducted a prospective observational study to evaluate the incidence of hy...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Steinberger BA,Ford SM,Coleman TA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenectomy is a time-honoured well established approach for patients with steroid-resistant immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). However, due to the more recent availability of therapeutic options alternative to splenectomy, such as rituximab and agonists of the thrombopoietin-receptor, the choice of second-line therapy is...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Palandri F,Polverelli N,Catani L,Sollazzo D,Romano M,Levorato M,Vianelli N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a phase II trial, we evaluated chlorambucil and rituximab (CLB-R) as first-line induction treatment with or without R as maintenance for elderly chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients. Treatment consisted of eight 28-day cycles of CLB (8 mg/m(2) /day, days 1-7) and R (day 1 of cycle 3, 375 mg/m(2) ; cycles 4-8...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Foà R,Del Giudice I,Cuneo A,Del Poeta G,Ciolli S,Di Raimondo F,Lauria F,Cencini E,Rigolin GM,Cortelezzi A,Nobile F,Callea V,Brugiatelli M,Massaia M,Molica S,Trentin L,Rizzi R,Specchia G,Di Serio F,Orsucci L,Ambros

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 59-year-old woman, after complete recovery from an episode of drug-induced agranulocytosis, was found to sustain a chronic absence of recognizable mature and immature eosinophils in blood and bone marrow during a follow-up period of 8 years. Her bone marrow and peripheral blood cells cultured in vitro were able to p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Telerman A,Amson RB,Delforge A,Collard E,Stryckmans PA

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infectious episode is the presenting manifestation of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in approximately 30% of cases. Most often this is bacterial and only rare cases of opportunistic fungal infection are described. We report a patient who presented with sporotrichal involvement of multiple cutaneous sites and lymph nodes...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kumar S,Kumar D,Gourley WK,Alperin JB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00