Modified APC-resistance test: variable ratios with respect to source of factor V-deficient plasma.

abstract：:The hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH)-6 is sporadically found in Thailand whereas the deletion-inversion type (G)gamma((A)gamma delta beta)(0)-thalassemia is described among Indians. We report a hitherto un-described case in which these two defects co-segregate. He was a 3-year-old Thai boy who had a f...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Fucharoen S,Pengjam Y,Surapot S,Fucharoen G,Sanchaisuriya K

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：DISEASE OVERVIEW:Immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis is a clonal, nonproliferative plasma cell disorder in which fragments of immunoglobulin light or heavy chain are deposited in tissues. Clinical features depend on organs involved but can include heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, nephrotic syndrome, h...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gertz MA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular complications are the main cause of morbidity in diabetes mellitus. To evaluate lipoprotein and hemostatic parameters and their relationship with clinically detectable microangiopathy, we studied 58 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients and 60 controls matched for age, sex, and body mass index. Thirtee...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Reverter JL,Reverter JC,Tàssies D,Rius F,Monteagudo J,Rubiés-Prat J,Escolar G,Ordinas A,Sanmarti A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting with Hodgkin's disease (HD) may show lung involvement characterized by contiguous spread from ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes. Lung consolidation or noncontiguous pulmonary involvement makes an alternative diagnosis more likely. This report describes a patient with HD in whom concurrent pulmonary bla...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Winquist EW,Walmsley SL,Berinstein NL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycythemia vera (PCV) and multiple myeloma are both clonal disorders of hematopoietic stem cells. The simultaneous occurrence of these diseases in an individual patient is rare. A case of synchronous PCV and smoldering myeloma is presented and the literature is reviewed. The issues of clinical importance in this unu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Fink L,Bauer F,Perry JJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common but often unrecognized in medically ill patients. Over the past 5 years, three large-scale placebo-controlled trials enrolling a total of 5500 medically ill patients have highlighted the risk of VTE in this group. These trials have helped to define a specific at-risk patient prof...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stinnett JM,Pendleton R,Skordos L,Wheeler M,Rodgers GM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AL amyloidosis, a systemic disorder characterized by widespread deposition of amyloid fibrils derived from monoclonal Ig light chains in organs and soft tissues, is typically caused by an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia. However, this disease can also be associated rarely with a B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. I...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sanchorawala V,Blanchard E,Seldin DC,O'Hara C,Skinner M,Wright DG

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：: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：:We experienced two rare cases of pernicious anemia that presented in the course of mycosis fungoides in elderly males. Pernicious anemia has recently been reported to be caused by autoimmune gastritis that produces autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells and intrinsic factor. Immunological abnormalities in mycosis fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Saitoh T,Murakami H,Hayashi K,Matsushima T,Tamura J,Karasawa M,Naruse T,Tsuchiya J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia developing in the course of chemotherapy for malignant disease is usually attributed to drug-induced marrow suppression and/or marrow replacement by tumor. We describe two patients who developed severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic symptoms while being treated with oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Curtis BR,Kaliszewski J,Marques MB,Saif MW,Nabelle L,Blank J,McFarland JG,Aster RH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron studies were compared in 434 patients from 80 hemochromatosis families classified as putative homozygotes, heterozygotes, and normal by HLA typing. There were 28 of 255 (11%) heterozygotes with an elevated serum ferritin and 22 of 255 (8.6%) with an elevated transferrin saturation. Serum ferritin (140 +/- 10.2 mi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Adams PC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured endothelial cells from bovine aorta were exposed to oxidized low density lipoprotein and examined by electron microscopy. The endothelial cells contracted slightly and the intercellular junctions became unclear. Some osmiophilic material increased in the cytoplasm. The oxidized low density lipoprotein appears...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zhao B,Zhang Y,Liu B,Nawroth P,Dierichs R

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) is defined as the concurrent or sequential discovery of at least one sebaceous gland tumor and a minimum of one internal malignancy. A man with Hodgkin's lymphoma who subsequently developed an ocular sebaceous carcinoma in situ is described and the world literature of patients with the MT...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cohen PR

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenectomy is a time-honoured well established approach for patients with steroid-resistant immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). However, due to the more recent availability of therapeutic options alternative to splenectomy, such as rituximab and agonists of the thrombopoietin-receptor, the choice of second-line therapy is...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Palandri F,Polverelli N,Catani L,Sollazzo D,Romano M,Levorato M,Vianelli N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the three common intra- and extragenic polymorphic sites of the factor VIII and IX genes has been examined in the Indian population, with an aim to develop a strategy that would be accurate and informative, yet economical. The approach for hemophilia A carrier detection includes tests for BclI, XbaI, a...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Shetty S,Ghosh K,Pathare A,Colah R,Badakare S,Mohanty D

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) inhibits the polymerization of sickle hemoglobin, modulating the clinical features of sickle cell anemia (SCA). Hydroxyurea (HU) therapy can increase the HbF level, although its production can be influenced by genetic determinants. Twenty-two Brazilian SCA patients were evaluated over 5 years be...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Vicari P,Barretto de Mello A,Figueiredo MS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the clinical characteristics and prognostic relevance of CD34 expression in 47 patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), showing t(15;17) or PML/RARalpha. Ten (21.3%) of the APL patients were CD34(+). CD34 expression was associated with hypogranular morphology (P = 0.002) and hyperleuko...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lee JJ,Cho D,Chung IJ,Cho SH,Park KS,Park MR,Ryang DW,Kim HJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial evidence exists indicating T cell abnormalities in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). There is also evidence that the T cell is an important source of burst promoting activity (BPA) for the peripheral blood (PB) erythroid burst forming unit (BFU-e). We studied the BPA of T cells and response of BFU-e in n...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Socinski MA,Ershler WB

更新日期：1984-02-01 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：:A 69-year-old man with immunoblastic lymphadenopathy and autoimmune hemolytic anemia who had no previous exposure to blood products developed a severe febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reaction following the initial infusion of packed red blood cells. The reaction recurred with transfusion of packed red blood cells, bu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Barnes HM,Poon MC,Huang ST,Conrad ME,Lin J,McGowan EI

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is a poor prognostic indicator in the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Treatment options for patients with symptomatic thrombocytopenia are limited. Danazol, an attenuated androgen, may have some efficacy in increasing the platelet count of patients with MDS. We retrospectively reviewed 33 patients wi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chan G,DiVenuti G,Miller K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells from patients with sickle cell disease (SS RBC) adhere to laminin and over-express the high-affinity laminin receptor basal cell adhesion molecule/Lutheran protein (B-CAM/LU). This receptor has recently been shown to undergo activation in vitro through a protein kinase A-dependent mechanism. Low-densit...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zen Q,Batchvarova M,Twyman CA,Eyler CE,Qiu H,De Castro LM,Telen MJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An adolescent male patient developed functional asplenia in the course of graft versus host disease (GVHD) after successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for aplastic anemia. Coincident with the onset of the asplenia, amelioration of the ongoing GVHD was observed. Unexpectedly, after 34 months of functi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Demetrakopoulos GE,Tsokos GC,Levine AS

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenases (COX) are key enzymes in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins. Several studies have shown a relation between angiogenesis and COX-2 expression. Elevated expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), however, has not been reported in multiple myeloma (MM) in the literature. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cetin M,Buyukberber S,Demir M,Sari I,Sari I,Deniz K,Eser B,Altuntas F,Camci C,Oztürk A,Turgut B,Vural O,Unal A

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:The objective of this case-matched study was to compare the efficacy and toxicity of the addition of clarithromycin (Biaxin) to lenalidomide/low-dose dexamethasone (BiRd) vs. lenalidomide/low-dose dexamethasone (Rd) for newly diagnosed myeloma. Data from 72 patients treated at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornel...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gay F,Rajkumar SV,Coleman M,Kumar S,Mark T,Dispenzieri A,Pearse R,Gertz MA,Leonard J,Lacy MQ,Chen-Kiang S,Roy V,Jayabalan DS,Lust JA,Witzig TE,Fonseca R,Kyle RA,Greipp PR,Stewart AK,Niesvizky R

更新日期：2010-09-01 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：: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：:Eight patients with severe chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) refractory to high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIgG) and/or oral prednisone were treated with one to three infusions of high-dose methylprednisolone (HDMP) (15 mg/kg/day). The mean platelet count before treatment was 12 +/- 10 x 10(9)/...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Godeau B,Zini JM,Schaeffer A,Bierling P

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00