Hematologic and molecular spontaneous remission following sepsis in acute monoblastic leukemia with translocation (9;11): a case report and review of the literature.

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：:We investigated the significance of cytokines (soluble interleukin-2 receptor, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, interleukin-6, and interferon-gamma) and CD68-positive microparticles in immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Cytokines were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and microparticles were...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Nomura S,Yanabu M,Kido H,Lan XG,Ichiyoshi H,Katsura K,Miyake T,Miyazaki Y,Kagawa H,Fukuhara S

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several plasma cells morphological changes have been described in monoclonal gammopathies, including intracytoplasmic crystals. We report one case of indolent kappa-chain multiple myeloma with renal insufficiency, featuring plasma cells with Auer-rod-like intracytoplasmic inclusions. The relationship between such aber...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Gardais J,Geneviève F,Foussard C,Delisle V,Zandecki M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The mutational status of the immunoglobulin (Ig) V(H) gene in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL) identifies two subgroups of patients with significantly different outcomes. We investigated the association of ZAP-70 expression with IgVH mutational status in B-CLL by quantifying ZAP-70 mRNA, to evalua...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Catherwood MA,Matthews C,Niblock R,Dobbin E,Morris TC,Alexander HD

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A murine cultured cell line (MKM-O) was established from a tumor of a BALB/C (nu/nu) mouse that had been subcutaneously inoculated with human hepatoma tissue fragments in the same location. The MKM-O cell line was proven to be of endothelial origin by morphological examinations and positive staining with fluorescein-l...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Yoshimura T,Miyanomae T,Tanaka M,Iwai Y,Mayumi M,Mikawa H

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML), expression of the hematopoietic stem cell marker CD34 has been associated with a poorer prognosis. CD34 is usually analyzed by flow cytometry (FC), but may also be analyzed using immunohistochemistry (IH). The present study was undertak...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Kanter-Lewensohn L,Hellström-Lindberg E,Kock Y,Elmhorn-Rosenborg A,Ost A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic management of patients with idiopathic hemochromatosis (IH) requires an accurate estimate of hepatic iron overload in order to prevent tissue fibrosis and organ failure. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to estimate liver iron overload in 5 patients with IH and in 8 normal controls. Signal inte...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Andersen PB,Birgegård G,Nyman R,Hemmingsson A

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：:This study shows that the ingestion of ethanol provokes alterations in iron metabolism which may lead to iron overload. Impaired release of reticuloendothelial iron was shown by a decrease of the maximum red blood cell utilization when radioactive iron was supplied as colloidal iron. An impairment in the erythropoieti...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Sánchez J,Casas M,Rama R

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the molecular basis of phenotypic heterogeneity in north Indian patients with thalassemia major (TM). METHODS:To determine the clinical severity, 130 patients of TM were studied for the age of first presentation and frequency of blood transfusion. The type of beta mutations, Xmn-1(G)gamma polymorp...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Sharma N,Das R,Kaur J,Ahluwalia J,Trehan A,Bansal D,Panigrahi I,Marwaha RK

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant DNA methylation at CpG islands within promoters is increasingly recognised as a common event in human cancers and has been associated with the silencing of important tumour suppressor genes. Epigenetic therapy using hypomethylating agents has demonstrated clinical effectiveness; the drugs azacitidin...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Poloni A,Goteri G,Zizzi A,Serrani F,Trappolini S,Costantini B,Mariani M,Olivieri A,Catarini M,Centurioni R,Alesiani F,Giantomassi F,Stramazzotti D,Biagetti S,Alfonsi S,Berardinelli E,Leoni P

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin binds to platelets and can cause platelet proaggregating and potentiating effects, possibly causing thrombocytopenia, particularly in patients in intensive care with hyperaggregable platelets. In this study we compared the platelet proaggregating and potentiating effects of unfractionated heparin (UH), 2 low m...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Burgess JK,Chong BH

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and aplastic anemia (AA) are the most common anemias that require transfusion therapy in Japan. This retrospective survey investigated relationships between iron overload, chelation practices, and morbidity/mortality in patients with these diseases. METHOD:Medical histories of...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Takatoku M,Uchiyama T,Okamoto S,Kanakura Y,Sawada K,Tomonaga M,Nakao S,Nakahata T,Harada M,Murate T,Ozawa K,Japanese National Research Group on Idiopathic Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes.

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host-derived Langerhans cells (LCs) are crucial antigen-presenting cells that cause graft-vs.-host disease after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). However, chimaerism of LCs after allogeneic HSCT is largely unknown in humans. We here report a case that developed dermatopathic lymphadenitis ac...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Ikeda K,Shichishima T,Teshima T,Ogawa K,Nakamura-Shichishima A,Tajima H,Noji H,Hashimoto Y,Takeyama K,Ishibashi T,Ohto H,Abe M,Maruyama Y

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vitamin E has antioxidant and immunomodulatory effects that might influence the development of acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). We investigated the association between plasma vitamin E levels and acute GvHD. METHODS:We studied 115 adults who underwent myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell trans...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Gjaerde LK,Ostrowski SR,Minculescu L,Andersen NS,Friis LS,Kornblit B,Petersen SL,Schjødt I,Sengeløv H

更新日期：2020-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hepcidin, a peptide hormone released by hepatocytes into circulation is the main regulator of dietary iron absorption and cellular iron release. Although commercial tests are available, assay harmonization for hepcidin has not been yet reached, making reference intervals and consequent clinical decisions sti...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Cangemi G,Pistorio A,Miano M,Gattorno M,Acquila M,Bicocchi MP,Gastaldi R,Riccardi F,Gatti C,Fioredda F,Calvillo M,Melioli G,Martini A,Dufour C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To correlate different polymorphisms of the beta-globin cluster with fetal hemoglobin (HbF) level in beta-thalassemia and E-beta thalassemia patients. METHODS:Fifteen thalassemia patients, seven with high HbF and not requiring transfusion, eight with lower HbF and requiring transfusion were studied for beta-...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Bandyopadhyay S,Mondal BC,Sarkar P,Chandra S,Das MK,Dasgupta UB

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 1981, a 53-year-old man presented with itching and was diagnosed as having myelofibrosis. There was gradual enlargement of the spleen over the following 5 yr. His spleen had to be removed in February 1986 because of physical discomfort. 3 months post-splenectomy he became polycythaemic. Bone marrow examinatio...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Dokal I,Pagliuca A,Deenmamode M,Mufti GJ,Lewis SM

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A panel of 14 monoclonal antibodies (McAb) against hematopoietic cell surface antigens was applied on mononuclear blood or bone marrow cells from 40 cases of acute leukemia in order to compare immunoenzymatic staining (IE) (alkaline phosphatase) of fixed cells with immunofluorescence staining (IF) of unfixed suspended...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Ly B,Beiske K,Larsen N

更新日期：1988-08-01 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：:Physiological mechanisms that regulate formation of neutrophil granulocytes, macrophages and their precursor cells were studied with the diffusion chamber (DC) technique. DC inoculated with mouse bone marrow cells were implanted intraperitoneally into host mice. When these in vivo cultures had been established and the...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Benestad HB,Løvhaug D,Strøm-Gundersen I

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a constituent of the myeloma microenvironment and is elevated in sera from myeloma patients compared to healthy individuals. Increased levels of serum HGF predict a poor prognosis. It has previously been shown by us and others HGF can act as a growth factor to myeloma cells ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Hov H,Tian E,Holien T,Holt RU,Våtsveen TK,Fagerli UM,Waage A,Børset M,Sundan A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In whole blood from splenectomized subjects (n = 8) in a steady state an increased number of reticulocytes was observed (14.0 +/- 7.8% versus 3.6 +/- 2.4% controls: p less than 0.05). Cell fractionation on density showed that reticulocytes, as in normals, are more or less confined to the least dense fraction; cell fra...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： De Haan LD,Werre JM,Ruben AM,Huls AH,de Gier J,Staal GE

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the serum/plasma levels of cytokines [interleukin (IL)-6, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta2] and markers of coagulation, fibrinolysis, endothelial and platelet activation during the first 4 wk of treatment with the thalidomide analogue Actimid (CC-4047) in 1...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Streetly M,Hunt BJ,Parmar K,Jones R,Zeldis J,Schey S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity and specificity of single-tube osmotic fragility (SOFT) and its different methods as screening test for thalassemia trait. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted at Omair Sana Foundation. A total of 400 participants were included in the study. Three hundred were known thal...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Ansari SH,Hanifa A,Saleem A,Ali SM,Hussain Z,Zohaib M,Akbar M,Rehman S,Hussain SR

更新日期：2014-12-01 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

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyse the influence of the hospital size, measured as the number of annual patient enrolments in the Finnish Leukaemia Group trials in the period 1979-85, on response rate and survival after conventional chemotherapy for multiple myeloma. The 432 myeloma patients for this study were ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Oivanen T,Kellokumpu-Lehtinen P,Koivisto AM,Koivunen E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whereas beta-2-microglobulin (beta2M) has mainly been used as a prognostic factor in patients with lymphoproliferative disorders, some studies have reported the value of beta2M in myeloproliferative disorders (MPD). In order to investigate a potential role in the pathogenesis of MPD and to find a possible value as ind...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Bourantas KL,Hatzimichael EC,Makis AC,Chaidos A,Kapsali ED,Tsiara S,Mavridis A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long plateau phase is one of the strongest signs predicting long survival in multiple myeloma. The kinetics of escape from the plateau is, however, poorly known, and so is its influence on subsequent survival. During a 9-yr follow-up of 432 myeloma patients the serum M-protein doubling time at first relapse was meas...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Oivanen TM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) is considered to be an essentially incurable haematological malignant disease, probably because of the existence of resistant clonal precursor cell with self-renewal capacity. Recent data have indicated that the myeloma cell hierarchy includes circulating clonal memory B cells, which differ consi...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Björkstrand B,Rasmussen T,Remes K,Gruber A,Pelliniemi TT,Johnsen HE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00