Treatment of individuals who cannot receive blood products for religious or other reasons.

abstract：:Between 1980 and 1988, 126 patients with leukemia were treated with piperazinedione and fractionated total body irradiation (TBI) followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from HLA matched siblings. Sixty-one patients had acute myelogenous leukemia, 46 acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and 19 chronic myelogenous ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dimopoulos MA,Yau JC,Huan SD,Jagannath S,Spitzer G,Spinolo JA,Zagars GK,LeMaistre CF,Dicke KA,Zander AR

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete remission can be achieved in 60-80% of adults with diffuse aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, 20-40% of them will subsequently relapse. Nevertheless, formal follow-up guidelines for recurrence detection have never been advocated. We analyzed the pattern of relapse in 30 patients with intermediate- an...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Elis A,Blickstein D,Klein O,Eliav-Ronen R,Manor Y,Lishner M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-tube osmotic fragility test has been proposed for thalassemia screening with a range of different concentrations of saline having been employed. We have compared the sensitivity and specificity of 0.32%, 0.34%, and 0.36% buffered saline, and on the basis of our findings, recommend the use of 0.36% saline. Thi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chow J,Phelan L,Bain BJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in stomatin, alpha-adducin, and beta-adducin have been implicated in erythrocyte disorders of cation permeability. We performed linkage analysis of the genetic loci for these proteins in a large kindred with xerocytosis (dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis). Using polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping te...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Innes DS,Sinard JH,Gilligan DM,Snyder LM,Gallagher PG,Morrow JS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defective fibrinolysis due to decreased tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) activity is a well-established finding in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The possibility that this decrease in t-PA activity may be related to the presence of autoantibodies directed against t-PA, and the possible role ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ruiz-Arguelles A,Angles-Cano E,Perez-Romano B,Ruiz-Arguelles GJ,Deleze M,Alarcon-Segovia D,Gaussem P

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:Intensive induction chemotherapy using anthracycline and cytarabine backbone is considered the most effective upfront therapy in physically fit older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, outcomes of the standard induction in elderly AML are inferior to those observed in younger patients, and they are s...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pluta A,Robak T,Wrzesien-Kus A,Katarzyna Budziszewska B,Sulek K,Wawrzyniak E,Czemerska M,Zwolinska M,Golos A,Holowiecka-Goral A,Kyrcz-Krzemien S,Piszcz J,Kloczko J,Mordak-Domagala M,Lange A,Razny M,Madry K,Wiktor-Jedrze

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36-year-old white man was found to have low erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity. Plasma cholinesterase activity was normal. The propositus had mild anemia and moderate elliptocytosis, but was asymptomatic. A sister, brother, father, and nephew were hematologically normal, but had slightly subnormal red cell ac...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Shinohara K,Tanaka KR

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Polycythemia vera (PV) and essential thrombocythemia (ET) are myeloproliferative neoplasms primarily characterized by erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis, respectively. Other disease features include leukocytosis, splenomegaly, thrombohemorrhagic complications, vasomotor disturbances, pruritus, and a sma...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tefferi A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two patients with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection in whom T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma developed, based on pathologic diagnosis, immunophenotyping, and T-cell receptor gene rearrangement. Both cases were positive for human immunodeficiency virus-1 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and imm...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lust JA,Banks PM,Hooper WC,Paya CV,Kueck BD,Hanson GA,Ritch PS,Woloschak GE

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one patients with polycythemia vera (PV) according to the PVSG criteria were analysed retrospectively from January 1960 to March 1996. There were 23 male and 18 female patients with a median follow-up of 66.5 months (3-431 months). Median age was 62 (range: 37-85). The median hemoglobin level at diagnosis was 18...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Kwong YL,Chan PT,Liang R

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"PVP storage disease" is a disorder occurring in patients who have received high molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), which cannot be excreted from the body. These large polymers deposit in the histiocytes and cause proliferation and infiltration of histiocytes in the reticuloendothelial system. There was usua...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dunn P,Kuo T,Shih LY,Wang PN,Sun CF,Chang MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old girl with a preoperative platelet count of 216,000/cmm received 3 units of stored plasma at the time of surgery. Within 6 hours her platelet count had fallen to 5,000/mm3 and hemorrhagic manifestations appeared. One of the plasma donors was found to be P1A1 negative with an anti P1A1 antibody. The recip...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nijjar TS,Bonacosa IA,Israels LG

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the calmodulin-like activity (CaM) level in hemolyzed samples of whole blood after determining the percentage and absolute number of reticulocytes present. Twenty-six samples from 25 people with a range of reticulocyte counts were studied. CaM levels correlated with the percentage (r = 0.63, P less than .01...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Warth JA,Brewer GJ,Gnegy ME,Treisman G,Near K

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) associated with giant cell hepatitis (GCH) is a rare disorder in infants. AIHA usually precedes the development of liver disease by months to years. Early recognition of the disease and prompt institution of immunosuppressive therapy results in clinical remission and prevents liver d...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kashyap R,Sarangi JN,Choudhry VP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An HTLV-I-seronegative case of adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) carrying the HTLV-I genome is reported. Screening serological tests were negative and Western blot analysis revealed only a faint band for HTLV-I p24. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) disclosed the presence of HTLV-I gag, pol, env, pX, and LTR sequences in the ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kubota T,Ikezoe T,Hakoda E,Sawada T,Taguchi H,Miyoshi I

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since platelets express both platelet-specific and class I HLA antigens, serum antiplatelet reactivity assessed by most platelet antibody techniques could be due to antibodies with either or both specificities. Flow cytometric analysis of sera for detection of antiplatelet antibody commonly employs a purified platelet...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Freedman J,Hornstein A

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：: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：:Post-transfusion purpura (PTP) with severe thrombocytopenia occurred eight days after transfusion in a 28-year-old woman and responded to treatment with prednisone and plasma exchange. In contrast to nearly all previously studied cases of PTP, the patient's platelets were PlA1-positive and anti-PlA1 antibody could not...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Keimowitz RM,Collins J,Davis K,Aster RH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute leukemias of ambiguous lineage (ALAL) comprise acute undifferentiated leukemias (AUL) and mixed-phenotype acute leukemias (MPAL). In the revised fourth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification provided further refinements to the diagnostic criteria for ALAL. Molecular characterization of MPA...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Patel SS,Weinberg OK

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive extralymphatic Hodgkin disease developed in a young man with common variable immunodeficiency manifested by hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent sinopulmonary infections, and multiple autoimmune phenomena. Both humoral and cell-mediated immune dysfunction were present prior to treatment. After two cycles of chem...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Fesus SM,Hagemeister FB,Manning J

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) characterized by stem cell-derived clonal myeloproliferation that is often but not always accompanied by JAK2, CALR, or MPL mutations; additional disease features include bone marrow stromal reaction including reticulin fibrosis, abnorm...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tefferi A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A preclinical study demonstrated anti-proliferative and apoptotic effect of propranolol on multiple myeloma (MM) cell. Clinical studies suggested that beta-blocker (BB) might impact the prognosis of breast, prostate, colorectal, ovarian, lung, and skin cancer. This retrospective study evaluated the effect of BB in MM ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hwa YL,Shi Q,Kumar SK,Lacy MQ,Gertz MA,Kapoor P,Buadi FK,Leung N,Dingli D,Go RS,Hayman SR,Gonsalves WI,Russell S,Lust JA,Lin Y,Rajkumar SV,Dispenzieri A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation to secondary myelofibrosis (MF) occurs as part of the natural history of polycythemia vera (PPV-MF) and essential thrombocythemia (PET-MF). Although primary (PMF) and secondary MF are considered similar diseases and managed similarly, there are few studies specifically focused on the latter. The aim of ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Rotunno G,Pacilli A,Artusi V,Rumi E,Maffioli M,Delaini F,Brogi G,Fanelli T,Pancrazzi A,Pietra D,Bernardis I,Belotti C,Pieri L,Sant'Antonio E,Salmoiraghi S,Cilloni D,Rambaldi A,Passamonti F,Barbui T,Manfredini R,Ca

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 40 years, public health measures such as universal newborn screening, penicillin prophylaxis, vaccinations, and hydroxyurea therapy have led to an impressive decline in sickle cell disease (SCD)-related childhood mortality and SCD-related morbidity in high-income countries. We remain cautiously optimisti...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chaturvedi S,DeBaun MR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that requires lifelong adherence to a complicated and burdensome medical regimen which could potentially impact emotional functioning of patients. The importance of understanding and promoting healthy emotional functioning is crucial not only to psychological well-being, but ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Mednick L,Yu S,Trachtenberg F,Xu Y,Kleinert DA,Giardina PJ,Kwiatkowski JL,Foote D,Thayalasuthan V,Porter JB,Thompson AA,Schilling L,Quinn CT,Neufeld EJ,Yamashita R,Thalassemia Clinical Research Network.

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Approximately one-fourth of primary cutaneous lymphomas are B-cell derived and are generally classified into three distinct subgroups: primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma (PCFCL), primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma (PCMZL), and primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCD...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hristov AC,Tejasvi T,Wilcox RA

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysosomes (granules) of rabbit PMN leukocytes were extracted with either HCl or H2SO4, and the extracts were chromatographed over Sephadex to separate protein constituents. Some of the low molecular weight cationic proteins homogeneous on SDS PAGE (8% and 12.5% gels) were characterized by electrophoretic mobility in a...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Herion JC,Bucher JR,Penniall R,Walker RI,Baker M,Roberts HR

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied 15 patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) before treatment and after normalization of platelet count by anagrelide. Significantly increased plasma levels of PDGF, TGFbeta, and bFGF were found. Patients with mild reticulin fibrosis in bone marrow had higher PDGF levels. During treatment, plasma TGFbeta...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lev PR,Marta RF,Vassallu P,Molinas FC

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00