On the value of menorrhagia as a predictor for coagulation disorders.

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：: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：:Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare clonal stem-cell disorder in which blood cells lack complement inhibiting membrane proteins, and become susceptible to complement-mediated injury, leading to chronic intravascular hemolysis and pancytopenia. Glucocorticoids have been a mainstay of therapy. For patien...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Harrington WJ Sr,Kolodny L,Horstman LL,Jy W,Ahn YS

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital malformations of the inferior vena cava (IVC) are uncommon and may be associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis. We report the case of a man with congenital absence of the IVC and remote history of deep venous thrombosis who now presents with severe abdominal wall superficial thrombophlebitis. ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Evanchuk DM,Von Gehr A,Zehnder JL

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Variable survival outcomes are seen following treatment for aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). This study examined whether outcomes for aggressive B-cell NHL are associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in oxidative stress-related genes, which can alter drug metabolism and immune responses. Genotypes...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gustafson HL,Yao S,Goldman BH,Lee K,Spier CM,LeBlanc ML,Rimsza LM,Cerhan JR,Habermann TM,Link BK,Maurer MJ,Slager SL,Persky DO,Miller TP,Fisher RI,Ambrosone CB,Briehl MM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of kindreds with recurrent thrombotic disease has advanced the understanding of the mechanisms of coagulation and fibrinolysis. In those cases where an etiology has been established, congenital thrombotic disorders are associated either with deficiencies or qualitative abnormalities in inhibitors of ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Rodgers GM,Shuman MA

更新日期：1986-04-01 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：:The optimal treatment of advanced sporadic Burkitt lymphoma in adults is still a matter of debate. The salutary results of pediatric therapies did open the road for improving the adult outcome. Between May 1988 and March 2009, 71 consecutive patients-46 adults, 25 children-affected by Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia were tr...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Todeschini G,Bonifacio M,Tecchio C,Balter R,Carli G,Stefani PM,Adami F,Zamò A,Dei Tos AP,Marino F,Gherlinzoni F,Marradi P,Semenzato G,Pizzolo G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the increase in the use of warfarin in the population in recent years, reversal of warfarin-related coagulopathy has become common in daily hospital practice. Transfusion of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) is the preferred treatment method for urgent warfarin reversal in the USA. We have undertaken a 1-month audi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ozgonenel B,O'Malley B,Krishen P,Eisenbrey AB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deformability of normal and sickle erythrocytes was measured by means of micropipette elastimetry with determination of intrinsic membrane rigidity (P) and total cell deformability (Pt). In the elastimetric technique employed, negative pressure at the pipette tip was generated and measured continuously. Membrane rigid...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Havell TC,Hillman D,Lessin LS

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils that bear receptors for the Fc portion of immunoglobulin G have been demonstrated to be more active in assays of adherence, aggregation, and chemotaxis compared to Fc receptor-negative cells. We examined the relationship of neutrophil Fc receptor activity and cell-cell adherence or aggregation induced by p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Spagnuolo PJ,Fain M,Bass SN

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ticlopidine-induced aplastic anemia (TIAA) is considered very uncommon. We present two new cases, and we review 55 additional cases from the literature. The first case concerns a 70-year-old man who developed severe aplastic anemia 7 weeks after treatment with 500 mg of ticlopidine daily. The patient sustained a sever...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Symeonidis A,Kouraklis-Symeonidis A,Seimeni U,Galani A,Giannakoulas N,Fragopanagou E,Tiniakou M,Matsouka P,Zoumbos N

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Withdrawal: Primary prevention of sickle cell disease using preimplantation genetic testing and in vitro fertilization is cost-effective. The above article, published online on 20 August 2020 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) as an Accepted Article, has been withdrawn by agreement between the authors, t...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cordeiro Mitchell CN,Pradhan A,Singh B,Naik RP,Baker VL,Lanzkron SM,Christianson MS,Pecker LH

更新日期：2020-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapies engineered to prolong clotting factor protein circulation time, manipulate the balance of pro-coagulant and anti-coagulant proteins, or introduce new genetic material to enable endogenous factor protein production dominate the clinical trial landscape of hemophilia. The availability of clotting factor concen...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Croteau SE,Wang M,Wheeler AP

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anemia is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with sickle cell anemia. In this study, 108 episodes of severe anemia were prospectively evaluated in 108 patients with hemoglobin SS disease attending the pediatric sickle cell clinic of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria. Youn...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Juwah AI,Nlemadim A,Kaine W

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a patient with de novo acute myelocytic leukemia with trilineage myelodysplasia (AML/TMDS) in whom cytogenetic analysis was normal at diagnosis and in whom Philadelphia chromosome (Ph1) with monosomy 7 emerged at the terminal stage of the disease. Reverse transcription polymerse chain reaction (RT-PCTR)...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Matsue K,Miyamoto T,Ito M,Tsukuda K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite substantial progress in the treatment of AML, a proportion of patients do not achieve first complete remission (1(st) CR) with the induction chemotherapy, and, among patients achieving it, a majority is expected to relapse within three years. As allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation has been estab...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dauguet N,Récher C,Demur C,Fournié JJ,Poupot M,Poupot R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the plasma level of fibrinogen in 560 patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and evaluated its relationship with outcome and with other hemostatic markers. Forty-seven percent of patients had >200 mg/dL of plasma fibrinogen and 24% had <100 mg/dl of plasma fibrinogen, suggesting that pl...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wada H,Mori Y,Okabayashi K,Gabazza EC,Kushiya F,Watanabe M,Nishikawa M,Shiku H,Nobori T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old boy presented with progressive bilateral lower limb weakness due to exradural granulocytic sarcoma of the spine. After surgical decompression and radiotherapy, he remained in complete remission 6 years after initial diagnosis. The possible reasons for the favorable outcome of this unique case are discuss...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chan JK,Lau WH,Saw D

更新日期：1986-08-01 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：:Autoantibody production following allogeneic stem-cell transplantation is common and is often ascribed to the immune dysregulation associated with graft-versus-host disease. Recent data suggests that donor-memory B cells can be reactivated on exposure to antigen and result in antibody production in the recipient ident...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ritchie DS,Sainani A,D'Souza A,Grigg AP

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBL) is a distinct subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that shows overlap with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) and a favorable prognosis compared to mediastinal gray-zone lymphoma (MGZL). We performed immunohistochemistry on initial diagnostic specimens of 49 c...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bledsoe JR,Redd RA,Hasserjian RP,Soumerai JD,Nishino HT,Boyer DF,Ferry JA,Zukerberg LR,Harris NL,Abramson JS,Sohani AR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with more than one defect in natural coagulant/anticoagulant systems have been postulated to be at an increased risk for thrombotic events. We report a case of combined protein S and C deficiency in a young woman, which resulted in fatal arterial mesenteric thrombosis. The role of coagulation defects in ar...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Atkins KA,Zehnder JL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the 5-year period from 1981 to 1985, we have observed 8 cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among our 85 patients with hemophilia A. Thus, the prevalence of AIDS with hemophilia A is 9.4% in our patient population. By utilizing stored serum or plasma samples dating back to 1978, antibody against ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kim HC,Nahum K,Raska K Jr,Gocke DJ,Kosmin M,Karp GI,Saidi P

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old untransfused, non-drinking man with Hemoglobin H-CS disease presented with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, markedly elevated serum ferritin level, and marked iron deposition in hepatocytes. He did not carry either of the two common mutations of the HLA-H gene for hereditary hemochromatosis, namely, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Chan V,Todd D

更新日期：1998-02-01 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：:Neutrophil elastase (NE) is a serine protease stored in the primary granules of neutrophils that proteolytically cleaves multiple cytokines and cell surface proteins on release from activated neutrophils. Recent reports of mutations in the gene encoding this enzyme in some patients with neutropenic syndromes prompted ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hunter MG,Druhan LJ,Massullo PR,Avalos BR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00