Spontaneous apoptosis and retinoic acid receptor incidence in neuroblastomas and peripheral neuroectodermal tumors.

abstract：:The authors sought to determine prevalence, social, economic, and dietary patterns of young children (n = 20) identified as having vitamin B12 deficiency anemia after admission to their hospital in the last 3 years. The diagnosis of vitamin B12 deficiency was based on symptoms and clinical findings, findings on periph...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Cetinkaya F,Yildirmak Y,Kutluk G,Erdem E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, urinary vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and/or homovanillic acid (HVA), metabolites of catecholamines, are the most sensitive diagnostic markers of neuroblastoma. They can be measured by the high-performance liquid chromatographic method, which has been used to screen for neuroblastoma in infants in Japan. Fro...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Numata K,Kusui H,Kawakatsu H,Kizaki Z,Sawada T

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-thalassemia major is a severe, transfusion-dependent anemia that also causes infertility due to iron deposition to endocrine organs after overtransfusion. Very few pregnancies have been reported among such patients after modern therapies. In this study, 32 women with thalassemia who were admitted to Ali Asghar Ch...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Ansari S,Azarkeivan A,Tabaroki A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe clinical and CT features of L-asparaginase-associated pancreatitis (L-AP) and to correlate CT grades with clinical parameters. METHODS:A total of 16 children (M:F = 9:7; mean age, 8.1 years) who developed L-AP after L-asparaginase (L-asp) treatment and underwent abdominal CT scan were included. We ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Oh HJ,Im SA,Lee JW,Chung NG,Cho B

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the causes of the childhood anemia is gastrointestinal system bleeding, which rarely results from parasites. The authors report on a 3-year-old boy with severe anemia and a history of hematemesis. While they were investigating the cause of the anemia and the hematemesis, a leech showing itself in the nasal pass...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Demirören K,Calişkan U

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are limited studies that have focused on the causes for hospitalization as an indicator of morbidity in patients with β-thalassemia major (BTM). A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the main causes for hospitalization and death in hospitalized BTM patients in a referral hospital in Shiraz, southern...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bazrgar M,Peiravian F,Abedpour F,Karimi M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight children with HSP and 79 healthy children were entered into study. Activities of protein C, free-protein S and antithrombin, activated protein C resistance, levels of fibrinogen. D-dimer, thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT), prothrombin fragments 1 + 2 (PF(1+2)), and von Willebrand factor antigen (vWAg) a...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Yilmaz D,Kavakli K,Ozkayin N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-year-old boy with prolonged and marked leukopenia diagnosed at 6 months of age is described. The polymorphonuclear cells presented no hypersegmented nuclei or concentrated nuclear chromatin, although vacuolated myeloid cells appeared in bone marrow smears. Neutrophils reversed in response to administration of G-CS...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Arai J,Wakiguchi H,Hisakawa H,Kubota H,Kurashige T

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) seems to play a central role in angiogenesis-lymphangiogenesis in hematological malignancies. There are limited data related to childhood hematologic malignancies. The aim of the study was to evaluate soluble VEGF (sVEGF) levels in children with acute leukemia and malignant ly...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Dincaslan HU,Yavuz G,Unal E,Tacyildiz N,Ikinciogullari A,Dogu F,Guloglu D,Yuksek N,Ertem U

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Physiologic uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in brown adipose tissue (adipose tissue) of cancer patients may confound interpretation of positron emission tomography (PET) scans. Uptake in adipose tissue occurs in up to half of pediatric oncology patients undergoing PET scans, and is especially common in...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： George A,Sinha P,Conrad G,Memon AA,Dressler EV,Wagner LM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parvovirus B19 (PVB19) is the causative agent of infectious erythema. In healthy children the virus causes transient erythroid aplasia, whereas in children with chronic hemolytic anemias it can cause severe aplastic crises, and in immunodeficient individuals it can produce chronic red cell aplasia. If contracted durin...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Miniero R,Dalponte S,Linari A,Saracco P,Testa A,Musiani M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three children with malignant solid tumors developed hyponatremia with renal sodium wasting associated with other signs of tubular dysfunction, such as hypokalemia or hypomagnesemia, a few days after cis-diammine dichloroplatinum (CDDP) administration. The normalization of serum electrolyte disturbances was obtained w...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Vassal G,Rubie H,Kalifa C,Hartmann O,Lemerle J

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) offers potential to monitor response and predict survival in high-grade gliomas (HGG) and diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG). We hypothesized that post-radiotherapy DW-MRI may provide prognostic imaging biomarkers in children and young adults wit...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Carceller F,Jerome NP,Fowkes LA,Khabra K,Mackinnon A,Bautista F,Marshall LV,Vaidya S,Mandeville H,Morgan V,Leach MO,Koh DM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methotrexate (MTX) is an antimetabolite with a major role in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The authors report the management of a 9-year-old boy who developed an anaphylactoid reaction to high-dose MTX infusion, after a first challenge with intrathecal administration, during induction therapy f...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Caldeira T,Costa V,Silva I,Oliva T,Norton L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern treatment protocols lead to complete remission in a high proportion of patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, a large number of them show a relapse of the disease. Treatment failure in these patients is mainly attributable to de novo or acquired resistance to a wide variety of cyto...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kourti M,Vavatsi N,Gombakis N,Tzimagiorgis G,Sidi V,Koliouskas D,Athanassiadou F

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten children receiving 5 to 6 week courses of radiotherapy after brain tumor surgery were given ondansetron treatment for persistent nausea and emesis. All patients continued the ondansetron treatment until the end of their radiotherapy course. Nausea, emesis, appetite, and adverse events were scored throughout the on...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Lippens RJ,Broeders GC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently isolated peptide hormone, hepcidin, is thought to be the principal regulator of iron homeostasis. Hepcidin acts by limiting intestinal iron absorption and promoting iron retention in reticuloendothelial cells. Its precursor peptide form is called pro-hepcidin. The aims of this study were to determine serum ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Tiker F,Celik B,Tarcan A,Kilicdag H,Ozbek N,Gurakan B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to analyze the major causes of abnormal findings seen in the preoperative coagulation tests of asymptomatic pediatric patients and to discuss the usefulness of coagulation tests prior to minor surgery. Among patients who received minor surgery in Kyung Hee University Medical Center from ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kang S,Yoon HS,Lee EH

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor XIII deficiency is a very rare bleeding disorder. We report here on the clinical outcome of a young child with intracranial bleeding due to factor XIII deficiency. Clinicians should bear in mind that severe factor XIII deficiency is associated with a significant risk of unexpected intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)....

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bay A,Sirikci A,Dogan A,Leblebisatan G,Yilmaz F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the mid-1960s intrathecal chemotherapy (methotrexate [MTX], cytarabine [Ara-C], or both, plus hydrocortisone) has constituted the standard approach to prophylaxis and treatment of central nervous system (CNS) leukemia and lymphoma. Intrathecal chemotherapy-related neurotoxicity has been described in a variable p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： García-Tena J,López-Andreu JA,Ferrís J,Menor F,Mulas F,Millet E,Verdeguer A

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of relapse were determined for 20 high-risk neuroblastoma patients treated with chemotherapy, surgery, primary and metastatic site radiation (21 Gray), myeloablative chemotherapy, peripheral blood stem cell rescue, and 13-cis-retinoic acid. The median follow-up duration after transplant is 21 months (range, 8...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sangthawan D,DesRosiers PM,Randall ME,Robertson K,Goebel S,Fallon R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children are described who presented with fever and generalized seizures, days 50 and 200, respectively, after matched unrelated donor-bone marrow transplantation. Upon antiepileptic treatment the seizures vanished but somnolence and fever remained. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain was performed and r...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Fischmeister G,Wiesbauer P,Holzmann HM,Peters C,Eibl M,Gadner H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) has been associated with overall survival (OS) and event-free survival, but we do not know if ALC is associated with minimal residual disease (MRD) at the end of induction (EOI) and whether it can be used as surrogate marker in resource limited settings. Immunological differences betwee...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Pushpam D,Rajput N,Chopra A,Vishnubhatla S,Kumari M,Kumar R,Bakhshi S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake by positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging in sarcomas of adults has been reported. The current study aimed at defining the degree of (18)F-FDG uptake of pediatric sarcomas. This retrospective study included 29 patients (23 males, 6 females; mean a...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Walter F,Federman N,Apichairuk W,Nelson S,Phelps ME,Allen-Auerbach M,Walter MA,Czernin J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) showing a t(4;11)(q21;q23) karyotype underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) with the conditioning regimen of L-PAM (70 mg/m2/d for 3 days), busulfan (140 mg/m2/d for 2 days), and total body irradiation (12 Gy). On day 57, the patient developed p...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Takanashi M,Hibi S,Todo S,Sawada T,Tsunamoto K,Imashuku S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children with inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT) of the lung are reported. Symptomless "cystic" lesions were present on routine chest x ray. Morphological study of these peculiar lesions included light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural analysis. Histologic appearance of the lesion varied from the f...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Vujanić GM,Dojĉinov D

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to ascertain the reactions and experiences of parents whose children were defined as false-positive cases in a research program of screening 6-month-old babies for neuroblastoma. Parents of seven of the eight infants falling into this category participated in the study. Parents of five ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bell S,Parker L,Cole M,Craft AW

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level and serum sodium concentration as early indicators of bacteremia in neutropenic children in two different series in 1983-1984 (49 bacteremias) and 1989-1990 (29 bacteremias). During the earlier period, the goal was to avoid unnecessary antimicrobial therapy. Currently ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Riikonen P,Saarinen UM,Perkkiö M,Hovi L,Siimes MA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma (MB) is a cancer of the cerebellum and the most common primary pediatric malignancy of the central nervous system. Classified as a primitive neural ectoderm tumor; it is thought to arise from granule cell precursors in the cerebellum. The standard of care consists of surgery, chemotherapy and age-depen...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Byrd T,Grossman RG,Ahmed N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) embraces the frequently indistinguishable conditions of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) and virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS). Without therapy FHL is invariably fatal, but successful therapy, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy followed by b...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Al-Lamki Z,Wali YA,Pathare A,Ericson KG,Henter JI

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00