Failure of immunosuppressive therapy and high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins in four transfusion-dependent, steroid-unresponsive Blackfan-Diamond anemia patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:A phase II study was conducted to investigate the effects of a therapeutic program based on the combination of fludarabine and cytarabine (ARA-C) administered as a sequential continuous infusion in untreated elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). DESIGN AND METHODS:Sixty-three pa...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ferrara F,D'Arco AM,De Simone M,Mele G,Califano C,Pocali B,Danise P,Palmieri S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunoglobulin gene somatic hypermutation is a biologically relevant and clinically useful prognostic factor in different types of low-grade B-cell lymphomas, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma and splenic marginal zone lymphoma. DESIGN AND METHODS:With the aim of identifying surro...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Tracey L,Aggarwal M,García-Cosio M,Villuendas R,Algara P,Sánchez-Beato M,Sánchez-Aguilera A,García JF,Rodríguez A,Camacho FI,Martínez N,Ruiz-Ballesteros E,Mollejo M,Piris MA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of primary gastric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) appears to have increased worldwide in recent years, and this seems to be confirmed by large-sample population studies. METHODS AND RESULTS:We derived our data from the Lombardy Cancer Registry, which provides the incidence of cancer in the provi...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Pinotti G,Novario R,Berrino F,Bianchi P,Comi MA,Gamba MC,Venco A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcome of patients with primary refractory acute myeloid leukemia remains unsatisfactory. We conducted a prospective phase II clinical trial with gemtuzumab ozogamicin (3 mg/m(2) intravenously on day 1), all-trans retinoic acid (45 mg/m(2) orally on days 4-6 and 15 mg/m(2) orally on days 7-28), high-dose cytarabine (...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Hütter-Krönke ML,Benner A,Döhner K,Krauter J,Weber D,Moessner M,Köhne CH,Horst HA,Schmidt-Wolf IG,Rummel M,Götze K,Koller E,Petzer AL,Salwender H,Fiedler W,Kirchen H,Haase D,Kremers S,Theobald M,Matzdorff AC,Ganse

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Myeloma Network has organized two workshops on fluorescence in situ hybridization in multiple myeloma. The first aimed to identify specific indications and consensus technical approaches of current practice. A second workshop followed a quality control exercise in which 21 laboratories analyzed diagnostic...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ross FM,Avet-Loiseau H,Ameye G,Gutiérrez NC,Liebisch P,O'Connor S,Dalva K,Fabris S,Testi AM,Jarosova M,Hodkinson C,Collin A,Kerndrup G,Kuglik P,Ladon D,Bernasconi P,Maes B,Zemanova Z,Michalova K,Michau L,Neben K,

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with hypogammaglobulinemia who do not fulfill all the classical diagnostic criteria for common variable immunodeficiency (reduction of two immunoglobulin isotypes and a reduced response to vaccination) constitute a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma, because information concerning the clinical and immunologic...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Driessen GJ,Dalm VA,van Hagen PM,Grashoff HA,Hartwig NG,van Rossum AM,Warris A,de Vries E,Barendregt BH,Pico I,Posthumus S,van Zelm MC,van Dongen JJ,van der Burg M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes insipidus and thrombocytosis were presenting symptoms in a case of adult ANLL-M1. Cytogenetic investigations revealed a typical 3q rearrangement, i.e. inv(3)(q21q26). A subclone with monosomy 7 was also found and documented by FISH analysis. Correlations between clinical/hematological features and cytogenetic...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： La Starza R,Falzetti D,Fania C,Tabilio A,Martelli MF,Mecucci C

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of clinical probability represents an important step in the diagnostic strategy of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis. The recently derived LEFt clinical prediction rule for pregnant women combines three variables: symptoms in the left leg (L), calf circumference difference of 2 centimeters or...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Righini M,Jobic C,Boehlen F,Broussaud J,Becker F,Jaffrelot M,Blondon M,Guias B,Le Gal G,EDVIGE study group.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a patient affected by multicentric Castleman's disease who developed an acute immunohemolytic anemia due to warm antibody. The clinical course was characterized by refractoriness to the steroidal treatment and by a dramatic improvement of the hematological and objective picture following combination chemo...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Liberato NL,Bollati P,Chiofalo F,Filipponi M,Poli M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome wide studies have associated TMPRSS6 rs855791 (2321 C>T) with iron status and hepcidin. It is unclear whether this polymorphism affects iron absorption. In nonanemic Taiwanese women (n=79, 44 TT variant, 35 CC variant), we administered standardized rice-based test meals containing 4 mg of labeled 57Fe or 58Fe a...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Buerkli S,Pei SN,Hsiao SC,Lee CT,Zeder C,Zimmermann MB,Moretti D

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assays to evaluate platelet function are often interchangeably used to assess "resistance" to aspirin. We compared different platelet function assays in patients treated or untreated with aspirin. DESIGN AND METHODS:Platelet function was evaluated in 162 subjects, 85 of whom were not being treated with any ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Renda G,Zurro M,Malatesta G,Ruggieri B,De Caterina R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia and a poor tolerance of methotrexate. This latter problem is assumed to be caused by a higher cellular sensitivity of tissues in children with Down syndrome. However, whether differences in pharmacokinetics play a r...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Buitenkamp TD,Mathôt RA,de Haas V,Pieters R,Zwaan CM

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A probabilistic model was used to compare cryoprecipitate to viral inactivated, commercial fibrinogen concentrate to evaluate with regard to the recipient's risk of exposure to an emergent AIDS-like epidemic. In patients who occasionally need a therapeutic dose of fibrinogen, commercial fibrinogen would be marginally ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Pereira A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The outcome of patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) has improved considerably over the last decades. Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is the treatment of choice in young patients who have an HLA-identical sibling donor. This study analyzes the outcome and factors related to survival in p...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Hernández-Boluda JC,Marín P,Carreras E,Aguilar JL,Grañena A,Rozman C,Montserrat E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 20 years we have studied 1781 patients with beta-thalassemia syndromes of which 1481 Yugoslav, 166 Bulgarian, 102 Turkish and 32 Albanian. In this paper we summarize the data on the heterogeneity and molecular basis of beta-thal, delta beta-thal and Lepore hemoglobinopathy in these four nationalities liv...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Efremov GD

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on five Caucasian patients with congenital polycythemia and mutations of the von Hipple-Lindau (VHL) gene: a compound heterozygote for the novel exon 1 (VHL 235C->T) and previously reported VHL 562C->G mutations; three homozygotes for Chuvash VHL 598C->T mutation; and a heterozygote for VHL 523->G mutation w...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Bento MC,Chang KT,Guan Y,Liu E,Caldas G,Gatti RA,Prchal JT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shwachman-Diamond syndrome is a congenital bone marrow failure disorder characterized by debilitating neutropenia. The disease is associated with loss-of-function mutations in the SBDS gene, implicated in ribosome biogenesis, but the cellular and molecular events driving cell specific phenotypes in ribosomopathies rem...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Zambetti NA,Bindels EM,Van Strien PM,Valkhof MG,Adisty MN,Hoogenboezem RM,Sanders MA,Rommens JM,Touw IP,Raaijmakers MH

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic graft-versus-host disease is a serious complication in long-term survivors of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, with several organ systems affected. Chronic graft-versus-host disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This a...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Kapur R,Ebeling S,Hagenbeek A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dickkopf-1 (DKK1), broadly expressed by tumor cells from human multiple myeloma (MM) and other cancers but absent from most normal tissues, may be an ideal target for immunotherapy. Our previous studies have shown that DKK1 (peptide)-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes can effectively lyse primary MM cells in vitro. To d...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Li R,Zheng C,Wang Q,Bi E,Yang M,Hou J,Fu W,Yi Q,Qian J

更新日期：2020-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus-related post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders are recognized as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. To better define current understanding of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders in stem cell transplant patie...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Styczynski J,van der Velden W,Fox CP,Engelhard D,de la Camara R,Cordonnier C,Ljungman P,Sixth European Conference on Infections in Leukemia, a joint venture of the Infectious Diseases Working Party of the European Society of Blood and Marr

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:beta-thalassemia is an important public health problem in the countries bordering the Mediterranean sea. One of the major consequences of this disorder, primarily (due to an ineffective erythropoiesis) or secondarily to blood transfusions (which are necessary for the patient's survival), is ir...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Faa G,Terlizzo M,Gerosa C,Congiu T,Angelucci E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, few mutations associated with a dominant quantitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor (VWF) and a high penetrance have been reported. This phenotype was confirmed in seven unrelated families of several patients diagnosed with von Willebrand's disease out of 70 who requested genetic studies of the VWF gene...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Casaña P,Cabrera N,Haya S,Cid AR,Aznar JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:n patients with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS), local activation of coagulation commonly results in disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Progress of DIC is associated with 30-40% mortality as a result of uncontrollable hemorrhage. A 39-year-old woman with an enlarging giant liver hemangioma was diagnosed as ...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Ontachi Y,Asakura H,Omote M,Yoshida T,Matsui O,Nakao S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The suppression of Ph1-positive hemopoiesis is a major goal in the treatment of CML; in this context the CML patients in blast crisis obtaining a complete clinical remission represent a useful model to investigate the behavior of the Ph1-positive and negative clones during bone marrow repopulation after abla...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Guerrasio A,Martinelli G,Ambrosetti A,Falda M,Paolino F,Rege-Cambrin G,Rosso C,Pignatti PF,Gasparini P,Perona G

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is an incurable B-cell malignancy that is associated with tumor cell-mediated T-cell dysfunction. It therefore represents a challenging disease for T-cell immunotherapeutics. The CD19/CD3 bi-specific antibody construct blinatumomab (AMG103 or MT103) has been tested clinically in non-Hodgki...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Wong R,Pepper C,Brennan P,Nagorsen D,Man S,Fegan C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To our knowledge, there is little information about functional thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) levels and the risk of acute coronary artery disease (CAD). We investigated the risk of acute CAD related to plasma levels of functional TAFI. We found that functional TAFI levels in plasma (above 126%), i...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Santamaría A,Martínez-Rubio A,Borrell M,Mateo J,Ortín R,Fontcuberta J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are highly effective for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but very few patients are cured. The major drawbacks regarding TKIs are their low efficacy in eradicating the leukemic stem cells responsible for disease maintenance and relapse upon drug cessation. Herein, we p...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Landberg N,von Palffy S,Askmyr M,Lilljebjörn H,Sandén C,Rissler M,Mustjoki S,Hjorth-Hansen H,Richter J,Ågerstam H,Järås M,Fioretos T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the principles of density gradient cell separation have been transferred to the marrow fractionation, and the Ficoll technique by using a COBE 2991 blood cell processor has been developed and widely employed as well. This method is particularly useful in view of a chemical antineoplastic purging intended for...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Iacone A,Quaglietta AM,D'Antonio D,Accorsi P,Dragani A,Angrilli F,Berardi A,Angelini A,Di Bartolomeo P,Di Bartolomeo G

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The treatment of acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is based on allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and immunosuppressive therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of children and adults with AA treated in the last decade, and to determine whether results have improved in tw...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Locasciulli A,Oneto R,Bacigalupo A,Socié G,Korthof E,Bekassy A,Schrezenmeier H,Passweg J,Führer M,Severe Aplastic Anemia Working Party of the European Blood and Marrow Transplant Group.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) and/or T-cell receptor (TcR) gene rearrangements has been reported in some cases of acute non lymphoid leukemia (ANLL), and variously interpreted as reflecting "aberrant gene expression" or "lineage promiscuity" of the leukemic cell. In an attempt to verify the incide...

journal_title：Haematologica

authors： Leone R,Lo Coco F,De Rossi G,Diverio D,Frontani M,Spadea A,Testi AM,Cordone I,Mandelli F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00