Infusion of peripheral blood stem cells collected at diagnosis, with maintenance of the treatment, resulted in Ph-negative recovery in a chronic myeloid leukaemia patient in persisting aplasia on STI-571 therapy.

abstract：:Increased osteoclastic bone resorption is the major causal factor of bone disease in multiple myeloma. Recently, non-invasive methods have been developed for the estimation of bone resorptive activity. To evaluate the biological sensitivity and clinical usefulness of five biochemical assays for measuring the C-termina...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Abildgaard N,Brixen K,Kristensen JE,Eriksen EF,Nielsen JL,Heickendorff L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the expression patterns of the members of the tumour necrosis factor receptor and ligand families have extensively been studied by flow-cytometry on stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC), little or no flow-cytometric or immunohistological data exist about their expression in lymphoid tissue. A...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dürkop H,Anagnostopoulos I,Bulfone-Paus S,Stein H

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the mechanisms underlying thrombocytosis secondary to infections, we longitudinally studied serum levels of thrombopoietin (TPO) and interleukin (IL)-6 in 15 infants and young children with prominent thrombocytosis (platelets >700 x 10(9)/l) following acute infections and 116 age-matched controls using an e...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ishiguro A,Suzuki Y,Mito M,Shimbo T,Matsubara K,Kato T,Miyazaki H

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cord blood (CB) has successfully been used as a stem cell source for haemopoietic reconstitution. However, a significant delay in platelet engraftment is consistently found in CB versus adult peripheral blood (PB) or bone marrow transplants. We sought to determine whether or not CB megakaryocytes have reached terminal...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bornstein R,García-Vela J,Gilsanz F,Auray C,Calés C

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of the various myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are proposed, and a detailed description is given of the features that may help define MDS. Five MDS are described: (1) refractory anaemia (RA), (2) RA with ring sideroblasts, (3) RA with excess of blasts (RAEB), (4) chronic myelo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bennett JM,Catovsky D,Daniel MT,Flandrin G,Galton DA,Gralnick HR,Sultan C

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytometry has become important in the detection and determination of risk of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis; methodology has changed, and will continue to change, as cytometric technology changes. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Shapiro HM

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overt ischaemic stroke is one of the most devastating complications in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). The compensatory response to anaemia in SCD includes an increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) by accessing cerebrovascular dilatory reserve. Exhaustion of dilatory reserve secondary to anaemic stress may lea...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kosinski PD,Croal PL,Leung J,Williams S,Odame I,Hare GM,Shroff M,Kassner A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to assess the methods which gave maximal recovery of purified CD34/45+ cells from a cord blood specimen and optimal growth of progenitors cultured from the purified cells. Cord blood samples were separated using Percoll gradients (either one (1.080) or two successive (1.080 and 1.068) gradient...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Charbord P,Newton I,Voillat L,Schaal JP,Herve P

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continued improvement in the prognosis of childhood acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has been paralleled by the use of increasingly intensive therapy. This has led to attempts to develop risk-directed strategies in which the most intensive treatment is reserved for those at highest risk of relapse. Unfortunately, cur...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Goulden N,Virgo P,Grimwade D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapses involving the central nervous system (CNS) are rare in children and adolescents with ALK+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) treated with regimens including CNS prophylaxis. Early identification of patients at high-risk for CNS relapse would enable stratification and better adaptation of initial treatment ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Del Baldo G,Abbas R,Woessmann W,Horibe K,Pillon M,Burke A,Beishuizen A,Rigaud C,Le Deley MC,Lamant L,Brugières L

更新日期：2020-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of acute biphenotypic leukaemia has ranged from less than 1% to almost 50% in various reports in the literature. This wide variability may be attributed to a number of reasons including lack of consistent diagnostic criteria, use of various panels of antibodies, and the failure to recognize the lack of l...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hanson CA,Abaza M,Sheldon S,Ross CW,Schnitzer B,Stoolman LM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleiotrophin (PTN), a tightly regulated angiogenic and mitogenic heparin-binding protein, is markedly elevated in a variety of aggressive solid tumours. The role of PTN in haematological malignancies, however, has not been previously evaluated. This study demonstrated that PTN serum levels were elevated in multiple my...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yeh HS,Chen H,Manyak SJ,Swift RA,Campbell RA,Wang C,Li M,Lee HJ,Waterman G,Gordon MS,Ma J,Bonavida B,Berenson JR

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients with an acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) showed a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 7 with loss of the deleted material. The 7p- anomaly originated from either a terminal or an interstitial deletion and it represented the only karyotypic aberration in all the three cases. According to the clinical, m...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mecucci C,Van Orshoven A,Boogaerts M,Michaux JL,Van den Berghe H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction endonuclease analysis has been performed on the alpha and beta globin gene clusters of 57 Cypriots homozygous for beta thalassaemia, 30 with the transfusion dependent form of the condition (thalassaemia major) and 27 who are less severely affected (thalassaemia intermedia). There was a significant differen...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Wainscoat JS,Kanavakis E,Wood WG,Letsky EA,Huehns ER,Marsh GW,Higgs DR,Clegg JB,Weatherall DJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with Fanconi anaemia (FA) were conditioned for HLA-identical sibling bone marrow transplant (BMT) with reduced dose of cyclophosphamide (Cy) without radiation or antithymocyte globulin (ATG). The total dose of Cy was 140 mg/kg (n = 2) or 120 mg/kg (n = 7). The median patient age was 8 years (range 4-19)....

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Flowers ME,Zanis J,Pasquini R,Deeg HJ,Ribeiro R,Longton G,Medeiros CR,Doney K,Sanders J,Bryant J

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL) is one of the more common forms of B cell malignancy. Although the condition has a variable clinical course, the trend is towards eventual relapse and the disease is considered incurable. Whilst the majority of the circulating CD5-positive neoplastic B cel...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ramsay AD,Rodriguez-Justo M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicentre modified World Health Organization (WHO)-type international sensitivity index (ISI) calibration has been performed at 10 European Concerted Action on Anticoagulation (ECAA) national laboratories using non-citrated whole-blood on two point-of-care test (POCT) prothrombin time (PT) monitor systems, CoaguCh...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Poller L,Keown M,Chauhan N,van Den Besselaar AM,Tripodi A,Jespersen J,Shiach C,Horellou MH,Dias D,Egberg N,Iriarte JA,Kontopoulou-Griva I,Otridge B

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilia A is an attractive target for gene therapy. We designed a haemophilia A gene therapy strategy involving the genetic modification of haematopoietic stem cells to achieve tissue-specific expression of a factor VIII (FVIII) transgene in the megakaryocytic lineage. Platelets would then serve as vehicles to sto...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rodriguez MH,Plantier JL,Enjolras N,Réa M,Leboeuf M,Uzan G,Négrier C

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) has been mainly used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The main mechanisms of action of TPE include the removal of circulating autoantibodies, immune complexes, complement components, cytokines and adhesion molecules, along with sensitization of antibody-producing cells to immu...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Zanatta E,Cozzi M,Marson P,Cozzi F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duffy blood group antigens are carried on a glycoprotein that is predicted to pass through the erythrocyte membrane seven times and is a promiscuous chemokine receptor. The Fy(a- b-) phenotype is present in two-thirds of African-American Blacks but is rare in Caucasians. In Blacks, the phenotype is due to a non-functi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rios M,Chaudhuri A,Mallinson G,Sausais L,Gomensoro-Garcia AE,Hannon J,Rosenberger S,Poole J,Burgess G,Pogo O,Reid M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proportion of T gamma and T mu lymphocytes was studied in 40 cases of B-chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) and six of B-prolymphocytic leukaemia (B-PLL). The significant increase in T gamma cells, previously reported in two small B-CLL series, was confirmed and shown to be directly correlated with the clinical ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Catovsky D,Lauria F,Matutes E,Foa R,Mantovani V,Tura S,Galton DA

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis (DHSt) is an inherited haemolytic anaemia associated with increased red cell membrane permeability to Na(+) and K(+). It is increasingly recognized that a syndrome of self-limiting perinatal ascites can accompany the haemolysis. The cause of the perinatal ascites is unknown, and it...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rees DC,Portmann B,Ball C,Mieli-Vergani G,Nicolaou A,Chetty MC,Stewart GW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of novel therapies for the treatment of multiple myeloma has had a dramatic impact on the depth of response that can be expected on initial treatment. Despite these advances, disease relapse remains inevitable in most patients and brings with it a different set of priorities for therapy. The most rece...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Moreau P,de Wit E

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have earlier demonstrated that in a family with a tendency to recurrent venous thrombosis the release of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) activity in blood after stimulation was abnormally low. This observation could be related either to an impaired release of t-PA into the blood stream or to a masking of the re...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jørgensen M,Bonnevie-Nielsen V

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venesection of 10% of whole blood volume or plateletpheresis was performed in nine patients with chronic myeloproliferative disorders and in five normal control subjects. Before venesection, the patients showed impaired platelet aggregation in 33% of tests, most often in response to stimulation with 9 mumol adrenaline...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boughton BJ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:210 patients, with a history of venous thrombosis, have undergone prothrombotic investigations. In nine cases a consistent deficiency of antithrombin was identified. In five there was a reduction in the plasma antigenic concentration of antithrombin and in a further four cases deficiency was due to the presence of a d...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Harper PL,Luddington RJ,Daly M,Bruce D,Williamson D,Edgar PF,Perry DJ,Carrell RW

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of CD77, inflammatory cytokines and endothelial cell growth factor (ECGF) in verotoxin (VT)-induced apoptosis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) was studied. Apoptosis was detected using annexin V and propidium iodide staining. The expression of CD77 antigen was measured on a FACStar flow cyto...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Molostvov G,Morris A,Rose P,Basu S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have reported that megakaryocyte progenitors in myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) formed spontaneous megakaryocyte colonies without the addition of megakaryocyte colony-stimulating factor (Meg-CSF). To determine whether this spontaneous colony formation is due to autocrine proliferation of MPD megaka...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kobayashi S,Teramura M,Hoshino S,Motoji T,Oshimi K,Mizoguchi H

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over recent years. Clinicians are increasingly being challenged with making uncertain anticoagulant dosing decisions, as the optimal dosing strategy for most anticoagulants in the obese patient population remains unknown. Research published to date suggests that th...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Patel JP,Roberts LN,Arya R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylserine (PS) externalization may contribute to Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) characteristics including thrombogenesis, endothelial adhesion and shortened red blood cell (RBC) lifespan. Aminophospholipid translocase (APLT) returns externalized PS to the inner membrane, and phospholipid scramblase (PLSCR) equilib...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Barber LA,Palascak MB,Joiner CH,Franco RS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00