High-dose methylprednisolone is an alternative treatment for adults with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura refractory to intravenous immunoglobulins and oral corticosteroids.

abstract：:Fifty-six adult patients with newly diagnosed acquired severe aplastic anemia (SAA) received horse antilymphocyte globulin (ALG), cyclosporin A (CyA), methylprednisolone (Mpred), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) as first-line therapy. The median age was 34 (range, 17-72) and median neutrophil count 0.280 ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dinçol G,Aktan M,Diz-Küçükkaya R,Yavuz S,Nalçaci M,Oztürk S,Palanduz S,Doğan O,Ağan M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for acute myeloid leukemia. Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) developed, with persistent symptomatic oral lesions. At 2 and 6 years post-HSCT, both patients developed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the tongue in areas previously ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Szeto CH,Shek TW,Lie AK,Au WY,Yuen AP,Kwong YL

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：: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：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of the ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy (UG-FNB) of the spleen in a large population of patients. We collected retrospectively the findings concerning the application of UG-FNB of the spleen from eight Italian clinical centers that utilized thi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Civardi G,Vallisa D,Bertè R,Giorgio A,Filice C,Caremani M,Caturelli E,Pompili M,De Sio I,Buscarini E,Cavanna L

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aplastic anemia is a disorder characterized by pancytopenia and bone marrow hypocellularity. There is some evidence that aplastic anemia may be due to suppression of hematopoiesis by activated T-suppressor cells. Thus, immunosuppressive agents have been used as an alternative to bone marrow transplantation for treatme...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dorr V,Doolittle G,Woodroof J

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 23-year-old retired military officer who was immunocompetent but diagnosed with hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) by Plasmodium vivax infection. Initially, the patient was suspected to have toxic hepatitis related to heavy drinking. But abnormal hematologic findings required a further bone marrow examination...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Park TS,Oh SH,Choi JC,Kim HH,Chang CL,Son HC,Lee EY

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL) is a rare disorder characterized by production of a monoclonal light chain. This insoluble light chain, or a fragment thereof, deposits in tissues as amyloid and results in disruption of organ function and, ultimately, in death. Although melphalan and prednisone are benefici...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gertz MA,Lacy MQ,Lust JA,Greipp PR,Witzig TE,Kyle RA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although treatment with plasma exchange increased the survival of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura to 80% in the 1980s, no further increase of survival occurred over the next 20 years. However, more consistent use of adjuvant treatment with corticosteroids and rituximab in recent years has begun to fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： George JN

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a patient presenting with idiopathic concurrent erythrocytic and megakaryocytic aplasia is reported. The patient's response to immunosuppressive therapy and her bone marrow pathology clearly suggest an immune mechanism. Based on the lack of suppression of erythroid colony growth, several mechanisms are postu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Canavan BF,Huhn RD,Kim HC,Kosmin M,Sheay W,Saidi P

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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：:A 64-year-old woman with mild bilateral parotid gland swelling and bilateral lower extremity purpura was admitted for evaluation of xerostomia and pancytopenia. The patient had an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, pancytopenia, and positive tests for antibodies to nuclear antigen, SS-A, and SS-B. Impaired cell...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Seki T,Kiyosawa K,Monno S,Imai Y,Furukawa K,Kumazawa S,Ota M,Saito H,Furuta S,Nakahata T

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:Six patients, five with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and one with a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), were found to have monosomy 7 by conventional cytogenetics at diagnosis. Repetitive DNA sequences from the heterochromatic region of human chromosomes 1 and 7 were used as probes for in situ hybridization experiments on...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kolluri RV,Manuelidis L,Cremer T,Sait S,Gezer S,Raza A

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) can identify bony lesions, assess disease burden, and detect extramedullary disease (EMD) in patients with multiple myeloma. We retrospectively reviewed records of patients who underwent PET-CT within 60 days of a new diagnosis (before therapy commenced) to ide...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Aljama MA,Sidiqi MH,Buadi FK,Lacy MQ,Gertz MA,Dispenzieri A,Dingli D,Muchtar E,Fonder AL,Hayman SR,Hobbs MA,Gonsalves WI,Warsame RM,Kourelis T,Hwa YL,Kapoor P,Kyle RA,Leung N,Go RS,Rajkumar SV,Kumar SK

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized another subset of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) based on the cytogenetic and morphologic findings in a group of nine patients. Five patients had chromosomal analyses performed at the University of Chicago, two patients were studied at the All-Union Cancer Research Center in Moscow, and one...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pearson MG,Vardiman JW,Le Beau MM,Rowley JD,Schwartz S,Kerman SL,Cohen MM,Fleischman EW,Prigogina EL

更新日期：1985-04-01 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：:A patient with acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia (FAB M4), showing a near tetraploid chromosome complement on his marrow cells, was treated with low dose cytosine arabinoside and achieved remission. During remission the near tetraploid marrow chromosome complement disappeared and reappeared upon relapse of leukemia. The...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pinkerton PH,London B,Cowan DH

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：:Six patients and their parents from five different families with Hb H have been evaluated clinically and hematologically. Previous studies using restriction endonuclease mapping technique indicated that alpha-thalassemia determinants in these cases are heterogeneous. Only one of the five cases have the usual genotype ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Altay C,Gurgey A,Tuncbilek E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lupus anticoagulant may be accompanied by an acquired factor II deficiency and bleeding. We report on a patient with a lupus anticoagulant and factor II (Fll) deficiency responsive to Danazol. Acquired hypoprothrombinemia (FII) with the lupus anticoagulant (LA) may be accompanied by a hemorrhagic diathesis. A 64-y...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Williams S,Linardic C,Wilson O,Comp P,Gralnick HR

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 21 year-old female with echinocytosis and a littoral cell hemangioma is reported. The patient had no significant past medical history and presented with abdominal pain and splenomegaly. A large percentage of echinocytes were noted on her peripheral smear in the absence of any known causes. A CT-recognize...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Altomare I,Desman G,Aledort LM

更新日期：2006-07-01 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

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：:Induction of carbonic anhydrase isozyme I (CA-I) by erythropoietin or hemin was investigated using erythroleukemia (K562) cells. Immunological estimation and purification of carbonic anhydrases showed that untreated K562 cells contained only carbonic anhydrase isozyme II(CA-II), while incubation of the cells with 2 un...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kondo T,Sakai M,Isobe H,Taniguchi N,Nishi S,Kawakami Y

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of genetic causes of neutropenia informs precision medicine approaches to medical management and treatment. Accurate diagnosis of genetic neutropenia disorders informs treatment options, enables risk stratification, cancer surveillance, and attention to associated medical complications. The rapidly expa...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Furutani E,Newburger PE,Shimamura A

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:The acute sickle cell painful episode is the most common cause of hospitalization of patients with sickle cell anemia. Its detailed clinical features and peri-discharge features are not well known. In order to determine the actual pattern of hospital admissions of patients with SS and the causes of frequent hospital r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ballas SK,Lusardi M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00