Addition of cladribine to the standard induction treatment improves outcomes in a subset of elderly acute myeloid leukemia patients. Results of a randomized Polish Adult Leukemia Group (PALG) phase II trial.

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：:Morbid obesity is a health problem that has been shown to be refractory to diet, exercise, and medical treatment. Surgeries designed to promote weight loss, termed bariatric surgery and typically involving a gastric bypass procedure, have recently been implemented to treat obesity with high success rates. However, lon...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Love AL,Billett HH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have poor outcomes, with median durations of complete remission lasting less than 1 year. Increased toxicity in older patients limits the delivery of standard consolidation therapies, such as allogeneic stem cell transplant or high-dose cytarabine. Azacitidine, a nucleo...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Griffin PT,Komrokji RS,De Castro CM,Rizzieri DA,Melchert M,List AF,Lancet JE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), in comparison with plasma exchange (PE), in the treatment of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic-uremic syndrome (TTP/HUS). DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized comparative study. SETTING:Hematology department in a general hos...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Finazzi G,Bellavita P,Falanga A,Viero P,Barbui T

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:Total body irradiation (TBI) has been thought to promote donor cell engraftment in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) from alternative donors. However, recent progress in HCT strategies may affect the clinical significance of TBI on neutrophil engraftment. With the use of a Japanese transplant registr...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nakasone H,Fuji S,Yakushijin K,Onizuka M,Shinohara A,Ohashi K,Miyamura K,Uchida N,Takanashi M,Ichinohe T,Atsuta Y,Fukuda T,Ogata M,Complication Working Group of Japanese Society for Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single point mutation of the factor V (FV) gene, leading to the substitution Arg506Gln in the FV molecule (FV-Leiden) and hence resistance to its breakdown by activated protein C (APC), is the most prevalent risk factor for venous thrombosis in the Caucasians. A ratio determined by activated partial thromboplastin t...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ts'ao C,Neofotistos D,Oropeza M,Vahabinejad S,Finn WG

更新日期：1997-03-01 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

abstract：:A single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-amplified products of immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain rearrangements can be used to analyze B cell clonalities and clonal identities of B cells from different samples. However, the usefulness of the PCR-SSCP analysis is not fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Shiokawa S,Nishimura J,Uike N,Saburi Y,Suehiro T,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:Familial and metachronous aggregations of malignant lymphoma are well-documented, but the molecular basis of a predisposition for development of lymphoma is as yet unclear. Malignant lymphomas have been described as part of the spectrum of neoplasias in Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS), which is associated with constitution...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pötzsch C,Schaefer HE,Lübbert M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the long-term follow-up results of a phase II trial of thalidomide for early-stage multiple myeloma (MM). Patients were eligible if they had smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) or indolent MM without the need for immediate therapy. Thalidomide was initiated at a dose of 200 mg/day and adjusted as tolerated. Di...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Detweiler-Short K,Hayman S,Gertz MA,Lacy MQ,Dispenzieri A,Kumar S,Zeldenrust SR,Russell SJ,Lust JA,Kyle RA,Greipp PR,Witzig TE,Vincent Rajkumar S

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：: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：:Polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are common types of myeloproliferative disorders (MPD), the prevalence of which has not been well documented in the United States. Recent breakthroughs in the molecular etiology of these disorders and the accelerated development of targeted pharmacotherapeutics...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ma X,Vanasse G,Cartmel B,Wang Y,Selinger HA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting with Hodgkin's disease (HD) may show lung involvement characterized by contiguous spread from ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes. Lung consolidation or noncontiguous pulmonary involvement makes an alternative diagnosis more likely. This report describes a patient with HD in whom concurrent pulmonary bla...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Winquist EW,Walmsley SL,Berinstein NL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of a possible hazard from the use of radioisotopes to determine iron absorption by infants, the use of stable isotopes for this purpose has much appeal. We have applied the method of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP/MS) to determine the mass ratio, 58Fe/57Fe, in blood before and after oral adm...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Janghorbani M,Ting BT,Fomon SJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied telomere length in the bone marrow cells or the granulocyte and lymphocyte cell fractions of 54 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) by Southern blot hybridization using the (TTAGGG)4 probe. The average telomere length expressed as the peak telomere repeat array (TRA) in the peripheral blood, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Boultwood J,Fidler C,Kusec R,Rack K,Elliott PJ,Atoyebi O,Chapman R,Oscier DG,Wainscoat JS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous (IV) granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) might be safer and more convenient than subcutaneous (SC) administration to hospitalized hemato-oncological patients receiving chemotherapy. To compare IV vs. SC G-CSF administration, we conducted a randomized, open-label trial. We included inpatients rece...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Paul M,Ram R,Kugler E,Farbman L,Peck A,Leibovici L,Lahav M,Yeshurun M,Shpilberg O,Herscovici C,Wolach O,Itchaki G,Bar-Natan M,Vidal L,Gafter-Gvili A,Raanani P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new density system for the separation of human red blood cells by density-gradient centrifugation is described. The gradient medium is made with colloidal silica particles coated with polyvinylpyrrolidone suspended in aqueous solution of meglamine diatrizoate. By this method, more than 10 red-cell fractions can be s...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Vettore L,De Matteis MC,Zampini P

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired pure megakaryocytic aplasia is a rare disorder defined by severe thrombocytopenia with no other hematologic abnormalities and absent, or severely decreased marrow megakaryocytes. The etiology may be immune suppression of megakaryocyte development. Two patients are described who both responded rapidly to a com...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Leach JW,Hussein KK,George JN

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Argentine hemorrhagic fever (AHF) is a viral disease caused by Junin virus and characterized by hematologic and neurological involvement. The main hematologic features are leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and bone marrow hypoplasia. Hematopoietic growth factors serum levels were measured by ELISA technique in forty-eight...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Marta RF,Enria D,Molinas FC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-three patients with hereditary spherocytosis (HS) (58 nonsplenectomized, 15 splenectomized) were studied to evaluate iron status and the adequacy of iron availability for erythropoiesis. Splenectomized patients, who had hemoglobin levels in the normal or upper normal range, had higher levels of serum iron, tra...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zanella A,Barosi G,Berzuini A,Colombo MB,Quaglini S,Volpes D,Sirchia G

更新日期：1989-06-01 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：:A patient with Felty's syndrome (FS) and persistent profound neutropenia developed recurrent infections and sepsis syndrome. No impairment of granulocyte-macrophage colony development was observed in vitro. Marrow morphology revealed an absence of mature neutrophil forms despite administration of granulocyte-colony st...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pixley JS,Yoneda KY,Manalo PB

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：: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：:Two patients from two separate families were diagnosed as having type IIB von Willebrand disease, because they had lifelong bleeding tendencies, prolonged bleeding times, no large von Willebrand factor multimers, and low levels of ristocetin cofactor in plasma with heightened ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation. T...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Federici AB,Mannucci PM,Bader R,Lombardi R,Lattuada A

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial and protozoal infections can cause thrombocytopenia and may mimic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Brucella species and Toxoplasma are among the infectious agents with protean clinical manifestations which may induce immune thrombocytopenia. In rare cases, thrombocytopenia can be severe and may res...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gürkan E,Başlamişli F,Güvenç B,Bozkurt B,Unsal C

更新日期：2003-09-01 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