Serum levels of IL-6 and its soluble receptor (sIL-6R) in Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the outcome of the measurement of apoptotic index in myeloma patients treated by conventional chemotherapy and novel drugs with biological mechanism of action, thalidomide and bortezomib. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In a cohort of 189 patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma from November 1997 throu...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Minarik J,Scudla V,Ordeltova M,Bacovsky J,Pika T,Langova K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This review describes the safety of deferoxamine (DFO), deferiprone (DFP), deferasirox (DFX) and combined therapy in young patients less than 25 yr of age with haemoglobinopathies. METHODS:Searches in electronic literature databases were performed. Studies reporting adverse events associated with iron chela...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Botzenhardt S,Li N,Chan EW,Sing CW,Wong IC,Neubert A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Imatinib (Glivec, STI571) has been successfully used in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia and acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph). We used imatinib interim therapy for four consecutive patients with newly diagnosed Ph+ acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We monitored the pat...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Cho BS,Kim HJ,Lee S,Eom KS,Min WS,Lee JW,Kim CC

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of T-cell hairy-cell leukemia with a dual rearrangement of Ig- and T-cell receptor genes. The cytochemical, transmission electron microscopy, and surface antigens data (CD3+, CD8+, CD11+, HLA-DR+, CD19-, CD20-) were consistent with a T-cell hairy-cell leukemia. Molecular analysis according to Southern...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Palumbo AP,Corradini P,Battaglio S,Omedè P,Coda R,Boccadoro M,Pileri A

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：UNLABELLED:Historically, treatment of invasive fungal infections (IFI) has consisted of amphotericin B. However, new therapeutic agents have recently been introduced. At the same time, the relatively low incidence of IFI and the progress in the diagnostic accuracy of IFI have made routine use of empirical antifungal th...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Cherif H,Kalin M,Björkholm M

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Overexpression of FK506 binding protein 51 (FKBP51) in megakaryocytic progenitor cells generated from purified CD34+ cells in patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF) has been demonstrated. It has been suggested that FKBP51 is involved in the dysregulation of the apoptotic programme with consecutive prol...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Bock O,Neusch M,Büsche G,Mengel M,Kreipe H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of serum osteocalcin (OC) levels in multiple myeloma (MM) in order to assess its significance and activity, and to predict its course. Serum OC was measurement in 117 patients with MM and 116 healthy controls matched for age and sex. Serum OC levels were weakly corr...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Mejjad O,Le Loët X,Basuyau JP,Ménard JF,Jego P,Grisot C,Daragon A,Grosbois B,Euller-Ziegler L,Monconduit M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine consecutive cases with a t(8;21)(q22;q22) in the bone marrow (BM) karyotype were retrospectively studied concerning clinical, morphological and cytogenetic data. All had been diagnosed as acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), 27 FAB subtype M2 and two M1, comprising 5% of all cytogenetically analysed AML during 1...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Billström R,Johansson B,Fioretos T,Garwicz S,Malm C,Zettervall O,Mitelman F

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:The effect of human recombinant interferon alpha 2 (IFN alpha 2) on hairy cells obtained from 16 patients was evaluated. All patients promptly responded to induction of remission with 2 X 10(6) U/m2 interferon alpha 2 b, three times a week, sc. In order to achieve a more detailed insight into the mode of action of int...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Schwarzmeier JD,Schwabe M,Prischl F,Wagner L,Lion T,Micksche M,Köller U

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted in order to assess myocardial and liver iron concentrations (LICs) using serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in patients with beta-thalassaemia major, over a 4-yr period, and consequently to compare the effectiveness of different chelation regimens. Fifty children and young adults wi...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Christoforidis A,Haritandi A,Tsatra I,Tsitourides I,Karyda S,Athanassiou-Metaxa M

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:We evaluated the utility of an immunocytochemical technique employing the commercially available anti-CD56 monoclonal antibody, NKH 1. The utility and sensitivity of this technique in the detection of invasive neuroblastoma (NB) cells in the bone marrow were compared with those of Wright-Giemsa staining. The correlati...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Nagai J,Kigasawa H,Tomioka K,Koga N,Nishihira H,Nagao T

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in multiple myeloma (MM) is very uncommon; it has been observed in approximately 1% of the MM patients. This review summarizes the clinical and laboratory characteristics and treatment modalities of 109 patients with CNS myelomatosis (CNS MM) reported in the literature. ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Nieuwenhuizen L,Biesma DH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to compare the major transplant outcomes between patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from bone marrow (BM) or peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC). METHODS:All consecutive HSCT patients using BM or PBSC from an HLA-matched related donors for haemat...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Campregher PV,Hamerschlak N,Colturato VA,Mauad MA,de Souza MP,Bouzas LF,Tavares Rde C,Barros JC,Chiattone R,Paz A,Silla L,Vigorito AC,Miranda E,Funke VA,Flowers ME

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN) is an acquired disorder of granulopoiesis characterized by increased apoptosis of the bone marrow (BM) granulocytic progenitor cells under the influence of pro-inflammatory mediators and oligoclonal/monoclonal T-lymphocytes. Because patients with immune-mediated BM failure display ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Damianaki A,Stagakis E,Mavroudi I,Spanoudakis M,Koutala H,Papadogiannis F,Kanellou P,Pontikoglou C,Papadaki HA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients have a 25% increased risk of secondary primary neoplasms (SPNs). Regarding the controversy about the increased risk of SPN in patients exposed to radioimmunotherapy (RIT), we have analyzed this issue in a cohort of follicular lymphoma (FL) patients treated with/without RIT. PAT...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Andrade-Campos MM,Liévano P,Espinosa-Lara N,Soro-Alcubierre G,Grasa-Ulrich JM,López-Gómez L,Baringo T,Giraldo P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis is a rare and aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia. We describe a new case with a huge proliferation of megakaryocytes, blast cells and reticulin fibers. The patient was treated with zoledronate, a third-generation bisphosphonate, and a gradual recovery from pancytopenia was o...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Español I,Romagosa V,Berlanga J,Domingo A,Losa F,Heras L,Janáriz J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloproliferative neoplasms associated with FIP1L1-PDGFR rearrangements represent a rare subset of myeloid and lymphoid malignancies, characterised by the presence of eosinophilia and abnormalities of PDGFRA, PDGFRB or FGFR1 genes. The fusion product of such genes is a tyrosine kinase oncoprotein sensitive to imatini...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Barraco D,Carobolante F,Candoni A,Simeone E,Piccaluga P,Tabanelli V,Fanin R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More than 90% of children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) lose splenic function by the age of 2 yrs. Splenic function may improve with hydroxyurea, but previous studies are conflicting. We prospectively evaluated the effect of hydroxyurea on splenic filtrative function. METHODS:Children with SCA enrolled in t...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Nottage KA,Ware RE,Winter B,Smeltzer M,Wang WC,Hankins JS,Dertinger SD,Shulkin B,Aygun B

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A consecutive material of 111 untreated patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was studied with respect to fraction of S-phase cells in blood mononuclear cells in relation to presence of monoclonal B cells in blood (MBCB). Fraction of S-phase cells was determined by flow cytometry and estimation of MBCB was performed by...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Lindh J,Jonsson H,Lenner P,Roos G

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with multiple myeloma presenting with a paraspinal plasmacytoma with a marked dissociation between the response obtained in bone marrow (BM) infiltration and that achieved in soft tissue masses. While a complete remission was reached and maintained in BM, extramedullary plasmacytomas were refractor...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： López-Anglada L,Gutiérrez NC,García JL,Mateos MV,Flores T,San Miguel JF

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Warfarin represents the most commonly prescribed oral anticoagulants, which functions as an antagonist of vitamin K, an essential factor of blood coagulation cascade. Warfarin has a narrow therapeutic index. An insufficient dose can cause failure of antithrombotic effect, and an overdose increases a risk of b...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Krajčíová L,Petrovič R,Déžiová L,Chandoga J,Turčáni P

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:We studied 15 Sicilian subjects with Hb H disease correlating clinical examinations with hematological and molecular data. Seven different alpha-tha1 mutations were identified: four deletion types (--MED --CAL, -alpha3.7, -alpha4.2) and three nondeletion types (alpha(Ncol)alpha, alpha(Hph)alpha, alphaCSalpha). All the...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Mirabile E,Samperi P,Di Cataldo A,Poli A,La Spina M,Schilirò G

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infections in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) have been thoroughly investigated in the setting of clinical trials and single-center studies. However, large cohort studies on real-world data and studies on temporal trends are lacking. We performed a nationwide study on serious bacterial infections in CLL. ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Steingrímsson V,Gíslason GK,Aspelund T,Turesson I,Björkholm M,Landgren O,Kristinsson SY

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is commonly reported in Philadelphia-chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) including polycythemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET), and myelofibrosis (MF). PH may be diagnosed directly by right heart catheterization (RHC) or estimated by transthoracic ec...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Ferrari A,Scandura J,Masciulli A,Krichevsky S,Gavazzi A,Barbui T

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro method of radiolabelling platelets with 111In tropolonate in plasma has been devised enabling imaging and cell kinetic studies to be performed in patients with thrombocytopenia (TP) using autologous, rather than donor, platelets. Platelets from 10 TP patients, with platelet counts ranging from 4-91 x 10(9)...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Danpure HJ,Osman S,Peters AM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00