Leukemic transformation of essential thrombocythemia without previous cytoreductive treatment.

abstract：:Monoclonal immunoglobulin, as a marker for monoclonal gammopathy, is evaluated by protein electrophoresis (PEP) and immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE). However, PEP and IFE are not satisfactory in sensitivity, objectivity, and facility. Recently, a highly sensitive, automated immunoassay for measurement of free ligh...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kang SY,Suh JT,Lee HJ,Yoon HJ,Lee WI

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated the role of rituximab (R) in maintenance treatment after autologous stem cell transplantation performed in patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma. We compared the outcome of 67 follicular lymphoma (FL) patients according to the use of rituximab maintenance (RM) or not. All patients rec...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Bourcier J,Gastinne T,Leux C,Moreau A,Bossard C,Mahé B,Blin N,Dubruille V,Touzeau C,Voldoire M,Guillaume T,Peterlin P,Gallas P,Garnier A,Maisonneuve H,Moreau P,Juge-Morineau N,Jardel H,Chevallier P,Moreau P,Le Gou

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked polyclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)G4 hypergammaglobulinemia has exceptionally been reported. Here we report on two Algerian patients who presented a syndrome characterized by anemia, plasmacytic lymphadenopathy, renal manifestations, and a marked polyclonal IgG4 hypergammaglobulinemia leading to a hyperviscosity sy...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Boulanger E,Fuentes V,Meignin V,Mougenot B,Labaume S,Gouilleux-Gruart V,Cogné M,Aucouturier P,Clauvel JP,Ronco P,Lassoued K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the attempt to induce graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) in patients undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) or blood stem cell transplantation (BSCT), 12 consecutive patients received cyclosporin A (CyA) post transplant. CyA was given at a dose of 1.5 mg/kg/day intravenously for 28 days, starting on the...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Carella AM,Gaozza E,Congiu A,Carlier P,Nati S,Truini M,Castellaneta A,Viale M

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haplo-identical transplants (Haplo-Tx) are an important alternative for patients with hematological malignancies who lack a HLA-identical donor. Seventy-one T-replete Haplo-Tx were performed in 70 high-risk patients at our center; 22/70 (31%) patients with refractory/relapsed leukemia received sequential salvage thera...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Brunello L,Passera R,Dellacasa CM,Giaccone L,Audisio E,Ferrero D,D'Ardia S,Allione B,Aydin S,Festuccia M,Lia G,Crisà E,Maffini E,Butera S,Busca A,Bruno B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current phase-II trial was initiated to assess the efficacy and toxicity of the Ida-FLAG regimen in patients with poor-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Three subgroups of patients with AML were eligible for the study: (a) refractory, (b) first relapse, or (c) secondary AML (i.e., signs of trilineage myelodysplas...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Steinmetz HT,Schulz A,Staib P,Scheid C,Glasmacher A,Neufang A,Franklin J,Tesch H,Diehl V,Dias Wickramanayake P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular lymphoma (FL) is generally considered an indolent disorder. With modern day treatments, long remissions are often achieved both in the front-line and relapsed setting. However, a subset of patients has a more aggressive course and a worse outcome. Their identification is the main purpose of modern day progn...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Sorigue M,Sancho JM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clarification of enlarged lymph nodes is a common issue in clinical routine. By now, open surgery with complete lymph node extirpation, followed by histopathology, is considered as standard. We investigated the value of fine needle aspiration (FNA) and core needle biopsy (CNB) when supporting the conventional morp...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Metzgeroth G,Schneider S,Walz C,Reiter S,Hofmann WK,Marx A,Hastka J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis of patients with stage III/IV NK/T-cell lymphoma (NTCL) is extremely poor. Although L-asparaginase (L-asp) is effective for NTCL, its significance has not been clearly demonstrated. In addition, there are few studies comparing treatment outcomes in stage III/IV NTCL. This study evaluated the efficacy of ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kim M,Kim TM,Kim KH,Keam B,Lee SH,Kim DW,Lee JS,Jeon YK,Kim CW,Heo DS

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical targets for which new generations of antithrombotics have been or are currently under clinical development are those associated with a high risk for thromboembolism, (a) patients undergoing general, orthopedic, major abdominal, and cancer surgery, to prevent venous thromboembolism; (b) patients with deep-...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Beijering RJ,ten Cate H,ten Cate JW

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), occurs secondary to a number of hereditary and acquired disorders of hemostasis. A recently recognized polymorphism in Factor V (FV) gene H1299R (also named HR2) has been reported to be a possible risk factor for the deve...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Otrock ZK,Taher AT,Shamseddeen WA,Zaatari G,Bazarbachi A,Mahfouz RA

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While much has been learned about the basic immunology and clinical characteristics of immune thrombocytopenia, many important questions remain with regard to pathogenesis, disease progression, identification of novel therapeutic targets and approaches, and clinical trials that rationalize and optimize use of existing...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Zehnder JL,Semple JW,Imbach P,Neufeld EJ,Buchanan GR,Cines DB,ICIS Study Group on Future Research in ITP.

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to adult medicine, specific scoring systems predicting the treatment response for an individual pediatric patient (pt) with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have not yet been defined. We evaluated to what extend prognostic scores as described for adults (e.g., Sokal, Hasford, EUTOS score) resulted in compara...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Gurrea Salas D,Glauche I,Tauer JT,Thiede C,Suttorp M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The optimal treatment strategy for elderly patients with natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) remains to be established. A total of 63 elderly patients with newly diagnosed NKTCL were retrospectively reviewed. Among the patients with stage I-II disease, 58.3 % received radiotherapy (RT) ± chemotherapy, and 41.7 % re...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Bi XW,Xia Y,Zhang WW,Sun P,Liu PP,Wang Y,Huang JJ,Jiang WQ,Li ZM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in central and peripheral tolerance are thought to contribute to life-threatening graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), a severe complication following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Recent investigations have demonstrated regulatory T cells (Tregs) to suppress allogeneic immune reactions. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ukena SN,Grosse J,Mischak-Weissinger E,Buchholz S,Stadler M,Ganser A,Franzke A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary central nervous system (CNS) involvement in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) includes an isolated CNS relapse or CNS involvement with systemic disease progression. This rare but fatal clinical problem still remains a therapeutic dilemma in the management of DLBCL. However, there are limited data about i...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kim SJ,Oh SY,Kim JS,Kim H,Lee GW,Won JH,Shin HJ,Yang DH,Choi CW,Park J,Kim WS,Suh C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wilms' tumor 1 (WT1) expression has been recognized in a substantial number of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. Some studies indicated the association of diagnosed WT1 higher expression (WT1(H)) and poor outcome in the AML patients, while other studies had different opinions. Therefore, we performed a meta-a...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yi-Ning Y,Xiao-rui W,Chu-xian Z,Chun W,You-wen Q

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indolent follicular lymphomas are diseases which are generally incurable with conventional therapy. Although patients can survive for prolonged periods, the median duration of first remissions is about 2.5 years, and subsequent remissions progressively shorten with time. High-dose therapy with hematopoietic stem cell ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Friedberg JW,Freedman AS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of romiplostim on bone marrow morphology were evaluated in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Patients with platelet counts <50 × 10(9)/L, ≥1 prior ITP therapies, and no collagen at baseline received weekly subcutaneous romiplostim starting at 1 μg/kg, adjusted to maintain platelet counts between 5...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Janssens A,Rodeghiero F,Anderson D,Chong BH,Boda Z,Pabinger I,Červinek L,Terrell DR,Wang X,Franklin J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study evaluated the benefit of alemtuzumab monotherapy in unselected patients with advanced B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and prolymphocytic leukemia (B-PLL) to definitely describe the impact of this antibody in clinical routine use. Data were collected from 208 consecutive, mainly pretr...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Fiegl M,Stauder R,Steurer M,Mian M,Hopfinger G,Brychtova Y,Skrabs C,Zabernigg A,Schmid F,Haslbaur F,Winder G,Walder A,Lang A,Voskova D,Greil R,Mayer J,Gastl G,Austrian Collaborative Study Group on Alemtuzumab in Chronic

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) are important risk factors associated with autoimmune diseases and malignancies. This study explored the association of CTLA-4SNPs with the development of myeloma and evaluated the outcome of patients receiving bortezomib-based regimen...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Qin XY,Lu J,Li GX,Wen L,Liu Y,Xu LP,Chang YJ,Liu KY,Jiang ZF,Huang XJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The object of this study was to assess the estimation of 2- and 5-year overall survival and tumor response and the frequency and severity of treatment morbidity with a modified ProMACE-MOPP hybrid protocol in patients with primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL). Thirty-two immunocompetent patients were treated with a regimen of...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yamanaka R,Morii K,Shinbo Y,Takeuchi S,Tamura T,Hondoh H,Takahashi H,Onda K,Takahashi H,Tanaka R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated that direct cell-to-cell interaction is one of the microenvironment factors for transdifferentiation of adult stem cells into cardiomyocytes. We investigated whether transdifferentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into cardiomyocytes was dependent on developmental stages of cocul...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yoon J,Shim WJ,Ro YM,Lim DS

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, the diagnosis of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is mainly based on clinical symptoms and biopsy results. This study was designed to further explore new no noninvasive biomarkers for aGVHD prediction/diagnosis. We profiled miRNAs in serum pools from patients with aGVHD (grades II-IV) (n = 9) and non...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Zhang C,Bai N,Huang W,Zhang P,Luo Y,Men S,Wen T,Tong H,Wang S,Tian YP

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 10% of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) transform to acute leukemia (blast phase) at 10 years after initial diagnosis of PV. The bone marrow pathologic, cytogenetic, and molecular features of blast phase have not been well characterized. In this study, we reviewed 422 PV patients over a period of 11 ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hidalgo López JE,Carballo-Zarate A,Verstovsek S,Wang SA,Hu S,Li S,Xu J,Zuo W,Tang Z,Yin CC,Medeiros LJ,Bueso-Ramos CE,Tang G

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-engraftment syndrome (PES) is a condition occurring after umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) characterized by fever and erythematous skin rash prior to neutrophil engraftment. We sought to determine the incidence and characterize the pulmonary manifestations of PES. A retrospective review of patients who ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Brownback KR,Simpson SQ,McGuirk JP,Lin TL,Abhyankar S,Ganguly S,Aljitawi OS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are a class of small non-coding RNAs that are 19-22 nucleotides in length and regulate a variety of biological processes at the post-transcriptional level. MicroRNA dysregulation disrupts normal biological processes, resulting in tumorigenesis. Acute myeloid leukemia is an invasive hematological malignancy c...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Li M,Cui X,Guan H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have emerged as a therapeutic approach in a range of medical fields, including regenerative medicine, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory diseases, because of their unique properties of tissue repair and major histocompatibility complex-unmatched immunosuppression. Because both ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kim N,Im KI,Lim JY,Jeon EJ,Nam YS,Kim EJ,Cho SG

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyurea is increasingly being used to control myeloproliferative disorders, in part because of its relative lack of side effects. We present a case of life-threatening alveolitis in a patient treated with hydroxyurea for myeloproliferative syndrome. Absence of exposure to other drugs and the clinical course sugges...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hennemann B,Bross KJ,Reichle A,Andreesen R

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-nine pregnant women with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) were studied in order to evaluate the influence of therapies for maternal ITP on fetal passive immune thrombocytopenia (PIT). Neonatal platelet counts were also compared with platelet counts, amount of PAIgG, and presence of circulating antiplat...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yamada H,Fujimoto S

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00