Acquired hypoprothrombinemia: effects of danazol treatment.

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the incidence and prognostic impact of monosomal karyotype (MK) in 405 higher-risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) patients treated with 5-AZA. The MK was present in 66 out of 405 (16.3%) patients, most of whom had complex karyotype (CK). MK was strongly associated with CK and the cytoge...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Papageorgiou SG,Vasilatou D,Kontos CK,Kotsianidis I,Symeonidis A,Galanopoulos AG,Hatzimichael E,Megalakaki A,Poulakidas E,Diamantopoulos P,Vassilakopoulos TP,Zikos P,Papadaki H,Mparmparousi D,Bouronikou E,Panayiotidis P,V

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：: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：:In order to assess the functional property of neonatal polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), we studied their chemoattractant-stimulated superoxide anion (O2-) production using a soluble chemotactic peptide N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) as a PMN stimulus. O2- production by neonatal PMNs was increased: ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yamazaki M,Matsuoka T,Yasui K,Komiyama A,Akabane T

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a 10-year-old boy with hepatosplenic gammadelta T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of lymphoma that is highly aggressive, exceedingly rare in children, and primarily seen in young men. Conventional multi-agent chemotherapy appears to be inadequate for cure. This is the first report with this type of lymph...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gassas A,Kirby M,Weitzman S,Ngan B,Abla O,Doyle JJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although infectious complications represent a relevant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with myelofibrosis (MF), little is known about their incidence, outcome and risk factors. We retrospectively evaluated a cohort of 507 MF patients, diagnosed between 1980 and 2014 in five Italian hematology centers, to ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Polverelli N,Breccia M,Benevolo G,Martino B,Tieghi A,Latagliata R,Sabattini E,Riminucci M,Godio L,Catani L,Nicolosi M,Perricone M,Sollazzo D,Colafigli G,Campana A,Merli F,Vitolo U,Alimena G,Martinelli G,Lewis RE,V

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：: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：:If a translocation is followed by loss of one of the two derivative chromosomes, the result is an unbalanced translocation, showing monosomy for the segments making up the lost derivative. We have found that in most unbalanced translocations, a third event takes place: a morphologically normal copy of one of the two t...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pedersen B,Nørgaard JM,Pedersen BB,Clausen N,Rasmussen IH,Thorling K

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New treatments have transformed multiple myeloma into a chronic disease. Hence, optimal management of treatment and disease-related complications remains a critical component of survivorship care. Survivorship care model in cancers requiring a fixed-duration therapy may not be applicable to myeloma, since patients are...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chakraborty R,Majhail NS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell (RBC) autoantibodies are a relatively uncommon cause of anemia. However, autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) must be considered in the differential diagnosis of hemolytic anemias, especially if the patient has a concomitant lymphoproliferative disorder, autoimmune disease, or viral or mycoplasmal infecti...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gehrs BC,Friedberg RC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy is associated with rare reports of thromboembolic events and severe hyponatremia. We hypothesized that IVIG therapy may result in hyperproteinemia, increased serum viscosity, and pseudohyponatremia. We conducted a prospective observational study to evaluate the incidence of hy...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Steinberger BA,Ford SM,Coleman TA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although standard clinical prognostic factors predict outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), predicting the outcome of patients might be further refined using biological factors. We tested whether serum cytokines could provide prognostic information in DLBCL patients. Thirty cytokines were measured in pretr...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ansell SM,Maurer MJ,Ziesmer SC,Slager SL,Habermann TM,Link BK,Witzig TE,Macon WR,Dogan A,Cerhan JR,Novak AJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (Et-1) is a vasoconstrictor produced by endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells in response to hypoxia, which induces hypertrophy in cultured cardiac myocytes. We measured plasma Et-1 levels and left ventricular dimensions in 13 patients with sickle cell anemia (SCD) and in 12 African-American contro...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Werdehoff SG,Moore RB,Hoff CJ,Fillingim E,Hackman AM

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:The binding of anti-human platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIbIIIa monoclonal antibodies to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVE) was studied. Scatchard analysis using 125I-anti-platelet GPIIb-IIIa monoclonal antibody showed that the maximum binding capacity (B max) was 8 X 10(4)/cell and Kd was 40.2 nM. The binding...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nakajima T,Koyama T,Kakishita E,Nagai K

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively measured various hemostatic markers in 240 patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) before the onset of DIC and in 110 non-DIC patients, and examined their usefulness for the diagnosis of pre-DIC. Changes in prothrombin time ratio and fibrinogen levels were not significant before t...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wada H,Sakuragawa N,Mori Y,Takagi M,Nakasaki T,Shimura M,Hiyoyama K,Nisikawa M,Gabazza EC,Deguchi K,Kazama M,Shiku H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quinine-induced immune thrombocytopenia with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a recently defined clinical entity. In this paper we have attempted to characterize the natural history and laboratory abnormalities typical of quinine-induced immune thrombocytopenia associated with hemolytic uremic syndrome in nine patie...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gottschall JL,Neahring B,McFarland JG,Wu GG,Weitekamp LA,Aster RH

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:Little is known about the mechanisms explaining the wide variation in platelet counts (PLT) and other hematologic parameters in humans. We previously showed that the sex-based difference in hematocrit was associated with nucleotide variation in the erythropoietin receptor gene (EPOR). We sought to identify new polymor...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zeng SM,Murray JC,Widness JA,Strauss RG,Yankowitz J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cases of immune hemolytic anemia are associated with a positive direct antiglobulin test. However, in some cases, the antiglobulin test is not sensitive enough to detect low levels of red-cell bound antibodies. This report describes a method using radiolabelled purified staphylococcal protein A which is capable o...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yam P,Petz LD,Spath P

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Autonomous" development of erythroid colonies in erythropoietin (EPO)-free semi-solid culture has been used as an in vitro assay for diagnosis of polycythemia vera (PV). These colonies, however, are small and poorly hemoglobinized, rendering the assay in many cases unreliable. We report here on the use of a novel ass...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Manor D,Rachmilewitz EA,Fibach E

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the growth of erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E) and erythroid colony forming units (CFU-E) from bone marrow and blood in six patients with erythroleukemia. Five patients grew CFU-E, while BFU-E were found in the marrow of two and in the peripheral blood of only one patient. In all cases with colony grow...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Newcomb MM,Balducci L,Coleman MB,Steinberg MH

更新日期：1978-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:We describe a 25-year-old black woman who presented with a long history of anemia requiring transfusions during childhood and adolescence. Molecular analysis revealed her to be a compound heterozygote for the sickle mutation and the approximately 22.7 kb deletion associated with hemoglobin Kenya. This patient's clinic...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Waye JS,Cai SP,Eng B,Chui DH,Francombe WH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular complications, including pulmonary hypertension (PH), have been reported to occur following splenectomy for various disorders,including hereditary spherocytosis (HS). We performed a prospective cross-sectional study of 36 adults with HS (78% with prior splenectomy)utilizing echocardiography to estimate tricus...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Crary SE,Ramaciotti C,Buchanan GR

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of Imatinib (IM) has significantly altered the treatment for CML, although only limited follow-up results are available. As failure of Interferon-alpha had been associated with poor prognosis and results of IM-treatment in this patient group may allow earlier estimation of long-term benefits for early...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hess G,Meyer RG,Schuch B,Bechthold K,El-Kholy I,Huber C

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:The diagnosis of primary plasma cell leukemia (pPCL) has been made by quantifying circulating plasma cells (cPCs) morphologically on a peripheral blood (PB) smear. However, this technique is not sufficiently sensitive. Multiparametric flow cytometry (MFC) provides a readily available and highly sensitive method to ide...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Evans LA,Jevremovic D,Nandakumar B,Dispenzieri A,Buadi FK,Dingli D,Lacy MQ,Hayman SR,Kapoor P,Leung N,Fonder A,Hobbs M,Hwa YL,Muchtar E,Warsame R,Kourelis TV,Go R,Russell S,Lust JA,Lin Y,Siddiqui M,Kyle RA,Ger

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00