Pathophysiological significance of simultaneous measurement of reticulated platelets, large platelets and serum thrombopoietin in non-neoplastic thrombocytopenic disorders.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Northern Norway consists of a multiethnic population of Sámi and non-Sámi. We evaluated iron status in these two groups with respect to gender, age and residence. METHODS:In 2002-2004, a cross-sectional study of health and living conditions in areas with both Sámi and Norwegian populations, SAMINOR, was per...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Broderstad AR,Melhus M,Lund E

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet refractoriness arising from HLA immunization develops in 20-50% of multitransfused patients with hematologic malignancies. We retrospectively analyzed the efficiency of leukocyte-depleted blood components in preventing refractoriness in 140 adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), treated according t...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Oksanen K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an attempt to clarify the significance of hydrocortisone (HC) in human long-term bone marrow cultures, the production of colony-stimulating activity (CSA) and colony-enhancing activity (CEA) by human bone marrow-derived adherent cells (MDAC) and the modulation by HC were examined. The CSA production by MDAC was dem...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Hirata J,Kaneko S,Nishimura J,Motomura S,Ibayashi H

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 1-yr-old Japanese male infant developed hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia (AA), and anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) plus cyclosporine A (CsA) was administered without any appreciable effects. Laboratory examination of the patient's serum obtained before therapy revealed various autoantibodies, such as PA-IgG, anti-...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Takamatsu H,Yagasaki H,Takahashi Y,Hama A,Saikawa Y,Yachie A,Koizumi S,Kojima S,Nakao S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The benefits of combined chelation therapy with daily deferiprone (DFP) and subcutaneous desferrioxamine (DFO) have been widely reported in literature. We retrospectively evaluated the efficacy of different schedules of combined chelation therapy and the incidence of adverse events. METHODS:We evaluated 36 ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Ricchi P,Ammirabile M,Spasiano A,Costantini S,Cinque P,Di Matola T,Pagano L,Prossomariti L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients, who received cadaveric kidneys, were followed for 24 wk with serial measurements of serum erythropoietin (S-Epo), transferrin receptor (S-TfR) and iron variables. The mean pretransplant creatinine clearance was 8.2 (range 0-22) ml/min and the mean haemoglobin (Hb) level was 99 +/- 18.6 (range 66-124) g/l...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Beshara S,Birgegård G,Goch J,Wahlberg J,Wikström B,Danielson BG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thalassemia syndromes (α- and β-thalassemia) are the most common and frequent disorders associated with ineffective erythropoiesis. Imbalance of α- or β-globin chain production results in impaired red blood cell synthesis, anemia, and more erythroid progenitors in the blood stream. While patients affected by these...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Guimarães JS,Cominal JG,Silva-Pinto AC,Olbina G,Ginzburg YZ,Nandi V,Westerman M,Rivella S,de Souza AM

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of anticoagulant therapy (OAT) in patients with factor VII (FVII) deficiency is a very challenging clinical issue, as warfarin further reduces FVII levels, thus potentially increasing bleeding risk. On the other hand, the International Normalized Ratio test is misleading in such patients, as they do not...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Arletti L,Coluccio V,Romagnoli E,Luppi M,Marietta M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin gene rearrangements in B-cell lymphoma subtypes may not always be detected by PCR if only one primer set is applied. We therefore analysed a range of low and high grade B-cell lymphoma subtypes for monoclonality using PCR, to determine appropriate primer selection strategies for routine diagnostic use. ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Essop MF,Blakolmer K,Close PM,Manuel YE,Cornelius S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a complication that can cause renal failure by precipitation of uric acid (UA) and phosphate crystals in renal tubules. Rasburicase proved to be effective in rapidly reducing UA levels. Costs of rasburicase average up to 4500 euros. To assess if lower doses of rasburicase are ef...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Hummel M,Reiter S,Adam K,Hehlmann R,Buchheidt D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas (APO-1/CD95) is a 45-kDa membrane protein which regulates apoptosis in many lymphoid cell types. In the present study, FAS expression was examined in primary leukemic cells from infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The cells were resistant to apoptosis induction by an anti-FAS antibody and expressed ne...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Wood CM,Goodman PA,Vassilev AO,Uckun FM

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the study of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) the evaluation of bone marrow biopsy (BMB) can be difficult. In this review we analyze the main diagnostic features and the clinical risk factors of BM involvement. Although the role of BMB is criticized by some authors, its value is irreplaceable in the staging of...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Franco V,Tripodo C,Rizzo A,Stella M,Florena AM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 dendritic cell (DC2) acute leukemia has been recently described. We report here an unusual case of a 17-yr-old adolescent with overlapping features of DC2 and myeloid/NK cell precursor acute leukemia as defined by Suzuki et al. The patient presented with lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly without extranodal...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Anargyrou K,Paterakis G,Boutsis D,Politou M,Papadhimitriou SI,Siakandaris M,Vassiliadis J,Androulakis A,Meletis J,Rombos J,Tassiopoulou A,Vaiopoulos G

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) provides a valuable and increasingly used alternative to bone marrow transplantation (BMT). This retrospective study aimed at determining whether the stem cell source is predictive for outcome, rel...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Auberger J,Clausen J,Kircher B,Kropshofer G,Lindner B,Nachbaur D

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious mononucleosis may occasionally be complicated by purpura, but the mechanism of the thrombocytopenia is not known in detail. In the present study, 3 children with mononucleosis-associated purpura were found to have marked elevations of platelet-associated immunoglobulins and circulating platelet binding IgG ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Winiarski J

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:33 patients with advanced refractory multiple myeloma received a combination of vincristine, cyclophosphamide, carmustine, melphalan and steroids (M-2 protocol). 20 of them had failed prior chemotherapy with alkylating agents and the remaining 13 patients had relapsed after a response to these drugs. An objective tumo...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Cavo M,Galieni P,Tassi C,Gobbi M,Tura S

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with acute myelomonocytic leukaemia (M4 subtype) with pericentric inversion of chromosome 16, inv(16)(p13q22), and a marked basophilia is described. Results from transmission electron microscopy suggested that the basophils were immature. Clinically, although leukaemic cells had a tendency to infiltrate a nu...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Matsuura Y,Sato N,Kimura F,Shimomura S,Yamamoto K,Enomoto Y,Takatani O

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobinopathies are the most common autosomal recessive disorders and are mostly inherited in a recessive manner. However, certain mutations can affect the globin chain stability, leading to dominant forms of thalassemia. The aim of this work was the molecular and structural characterization of two heterozygous in-...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Scheps KG,Hasenahuer MA,Parisi G,Targovnik HM,García E,Veber ES,Crisp R,Elena G,Varela V,Fornasari MS

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac disease is the primary cause of mortality in beta-thalassemia patients. Except for ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension that represent the main forms of heart disease in these patients, valvular abnormalities including valvular regurgitation, endocardial thickening and calcification and mitral va...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Farmakis D,Deftereos S,Giakoumis A,Polymeropoulos E,Aessopos A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This review summarises the importance, recent progress and issues in measuring patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in haemophilia research. METHODS:A critical review of recent advances and trends in measuring haemophilia-related PROs was conducted, using current regulatory guidelines and methodological recommendation...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Pocoski J,Benjamin K,Michaels LA,Flood E,Sasane R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Minimal residual disease (MRD) assessment by PCR in multiple myeloma (MM) has several shortcomings, including the lack of a suitable target. Kappa deleting element (KDE) rearrangements occur in virtually all Ig-lambda B-cell malignancies and in 1/3 of Ig-kappa are not affected by somatic hyper...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Puig N,Sarasquete ME,Alcoceba M,Balanzategui A,Chillón MC,Sebastián E,Díaz MG,San Miguel JF,García-Sanz R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interactions between hemopoietic cells and the stromal microenvironment or immunoreactive cells are mediated by specific cell surface receptors. The expression of those molecules may alter the adhesive qualities (mobility and homing) as well as immune response behavior of leukemic blasts. L-Selectin (CD62L) ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Graf M,Reif S,Hecht K,Pelka-Fleischer R,Pfister K,Nuessler V,Schmetzer H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1), originally described as a non-histone, DNA binding protein, was recently identified as a late mediator of inflammation via its extracellular release from activated macrophages/monocytes. In the present study, we report that intracellular HMGB1 synergizes with a macrophage/mon...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Mouri F,Tsukada J,Mizobe T,Higashi T,Yoshida Y,Minami Y,Izumi H,Kominato Y,Kohno K,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary Hepatic (PHL) and Primary Splenic (PSL) non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma are rare entities. Small series of PHL and PSL have been reported, suggesting a non-fortuitous association with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection. The prognosis is believed to be dismal, with early recurrence and short survival. PATIENTS...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： De Renzo A,Perna F,Persico M,Notaro R,Mainolfi C,de Sio I,Ciancia G,Picardi M,Del Vecchio L,Pane F,Rotoli B

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The role of growth hormone (GH) for maintaining normal erythropoiesis among non-GH-deficient elderly subjects is not known. OBJECTIVES:To determine relationships between the concentrations of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and it's carrier protein insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IG...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Nilsson-Ehle H,Bengtsson BA,Lindstedt G,Mellström D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In vivo T-cell depletion with anti-thymocyte globulin is a commonly used strategy for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) and to avoid rejection after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). METHODS:We compared 36 patients given Campath (alemtuzumab) as part of the conditioning with a...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Norlin AC,Remberger M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Current prognostic models for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) do not consider the prognostic value of a bone marrow blast level that is <5%. Exploring the prognostic value of the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) and a marrow blast level that is <5% may lead to better risk-adapted therapeutic str...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Wang H,Wang XQ,Xu XP,Lin GW

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No consecutive analysis of BAALC and WT1 expressions associated with core-binding factor AML (CBF-AML) from diagnosis to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has yet been reported. We investigated BAALC and WT1 expressions using a method of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) at diagnos...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Yoon JH,Kim HJ,Shin SH,Yahng SA,Lee SE,Cho BS,Eom KS,Kim YJ,Lee S,Min CK,Cho SG,Kim DW,Lee JW,Min WS,Park CW,Lim JH

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Transfusional iron overload is of major concern in hematological disease. Iron-overload-related dyserythropoiesis and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-related damage to hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function are major setbacks in treatment for such disorders. We therefore aim to investigate the effect of iron o...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Lu W,Zhao M,Rajbhandary S,Xie F,Chai X,Mu J,Meng J,Liu Y,Jiang Y,Xu X,Meng A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports of successful empirical treatment of idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome with imatinib led to the recent identification of the FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion gene rearrangement, which characterizes a distinctive group of chronic eosinophilic leukemias. This fusion gene can be detected in eosinophils, neutrophi...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Capovilla M,Cayuela JM,Bilhou-Nabera C,Gardin C,Letestu R,Baran-Marzak F,Fenaux P,Martin A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00