Use of rituximab to treat refractory Diamond-Blackfan anemia.

abstract：:The clinicopathological features of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated lymphoma were investigated in a retrospective study of 85 adult patients in eastern Denmark diagnosed during the period 1990-1996. The possible pathogenetic role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) in these tumour...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Hansen PB,Penkowa M,Kirk O,Skinhøj P,Pedersen C,Lisse I,Kiss K,Zhou X,Hamilton-Dutoit SJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can be classified as germinal center B cell-like (GCB) or activated B cell-like (ABC)/non-GCB based on cell-of-origin (COO) classification. This study evaluated the prognostic significance of COO classification in 250 patients diagnosed with de novo DLBCL who received R-C...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Xu J,Liu JL,Medeiros LJ,Huang W,Khoury JD,McDonnell TJ,Tang G,Schlette E,Yin CC,Bueso-Ramos CE,Lin P,Li S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:MicroRNAs engaged in angiogenesis and hematopoiesis can influence hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) homing after transplantation by targeting bone marrow niche microenvironment. This study aimed to examine the kinetics of miRNA-15a, miRNA-16, miRNA-126, miRNA-146a, and miRNA-223 in autologous HSC transplantatio...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Nowicki M,Szemraj J,Wierzbowska A,Misiewicz M,Małachowski R,Pluta A,Grzybowska-Izydorczyk O,Robak T,Szmigielska-Kapłon A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive hemophagocytic syndrome (RHS) is a disease of overwhelming macrophage activity triggered by infection, malignancy or autoimmune disorders. Currently used laboratory markers for the quantitative assessment of monocyte/macrophage activation lack lineage-restricted expression patterns and thus specificity. Serum...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Schaer DJ,Schleiffenbaum B,Kurrer M,Imhof A,Bächli E,Fehr J,Moller HJ,Moestrup SK,Schaffner A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kostmann syndrome (KS) is an inherited hematological disorder characterized by an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <0.2 x 109/L and life-threatening bacterial infections. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) makes it possible to reach an ANC of 1.0 x 109/L and consequently to reduce significantly the occurrenc...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Dallorso S,Manzitti C,Dodero P,Faraci M,Rosanda C,Castagnola E

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：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：:Cobalamin levels are frequently low in patients with dementia, but it is unclear if they represent definable deficiency and what the mechanisms are. Therefore, patients being evaluated for dementia who had low cobalamin levels but no obvious evidence of deficiency were studied hematologically, neurologically and with ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Carmel R,Gott PS,Waters CH,Cairo K,Green R,Bondareff W,DeGiorgio CM,Cummings JL,Jacobsen DW,Buckwalter G

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Externalization of phosphatidylserine (PS) is thought to contribute to sickle cell disease (SCD) pathophysiology. The red blood cell (RBC) aminophospholipid translocase (APLT) mediates the transport of PS from the outer to the inner RBC membrane leaflet to maintain an asymmetric distribution of PL, while phospholipid ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

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

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourty-three episodes of fungaemia encountered from 1978 to 1991 in 43 patients with haematological malignancies are reviewed here to analyse the risk factors for death and to evaluate the efficacy of early antifungal therapy. Low serum cholinesterase and elevated serum blood urea nitrogen were significantly associate...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Iwama A,Yoshida M,Miwa A,Obayashi T,Sakamoto S,Miura Y

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:27 patients with pernicious anaemia, followed for a long period, were consecutively treated with three different vitamin B12 preparations, while during intervening period no therapy was given until signs of B12 deficiency developed. After vitamin B12 treatment, a peak whole blood folate value some 70% higher than the ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Magnus EM

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Acquired trisomy 21 is one of the most common numerical abnormalities in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), and MDS/MPN; however, little is known about its pathogenic impact, accompanying submicroscopic changes, and its relation to other clinical...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Larsson N,Lilljebjörn H,Lassen C,Johansson B,Fioretos T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most results on the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) with imatinib were obtained from clinical trials that may differ from the routine practice. We report the results of treatment of consecutive patients with CML at ten major centres during 2000-2008. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Data reporting was retr...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Faber E,Mužík J,Koza V,Demečková E,Voglová J,Demitrovičová L,Chudej J,Markuljak I,Cmunt E,Kozák T,Tóthová E,Jarošová M,Dušek L,Indrák K

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Karyotype analysis of bone marrow samples was performed in 20 cases of essential thrombocythemia (ET) at the time of diagnosis. Three patients had karyotype abnormalities at the time of diagnosis; trisomy 8, deletion of Y, and del(9)(q?) in each. The patient who had trisomy 8 at the time of diagnosis underwent myeloid...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Hirose Y,Masaki Y,Sugai S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In children with sickle cell disease (SCD), chronic transfusion to maintain haemoglobin S (HbS) below 30% markedly decreases both the risk of a first stroke when transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography shows abnormal cerebral blood flow velocities and the risk of recurrent stroke. Maintaining HbS below 30...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Mirre E,Brousse V,Berteloot L,Lambot-Juhan K,Verlhac S,Boulat C,Dumont MD,Lenoir G,de Montalembert M

更新日期：2010-03-01 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

abstract：:A 32-year-old male presented with isolated neutropenia 6 months after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for CML from his HLA-matched brother. The presence of granulocyte-specific IgM and IgG antibodies in the patient's serum indicated an immune-mediated basis for the neutropenia. A variety of manoeuvres to suppre...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Koeppler H,Goldman JM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine whether angelicin is able to increase the expression of gamma-globin genes in human erythroid cells. Angelicin is structurally related to psoralens, a well-known chemical class of photosensitizers used for their antiproliferative activity in treatment of different skin dis...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Lampronti I,Bianchi N,Borgatti M,Fibach E,Prus E,Gambari R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) characterized by the translocation t(11;14)(q13;q32). This lymphoma exhibits a poor prognosis and remains incurable with standard chemotherapy approaches. Recently, we have shown that a majority of patients with acute-type adult T-cell leuke...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Liu F,Yoshida N,Suguro M,Kato H,Karube K,Arita K,Yamamoto K,Tsuzuki S,Oshima K,Seto M

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Severe iron overload is frequent in dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis (DHSt) despite well-compensated hemolysis and no or little transfusion requirement. We investigated 4 patients with proven DHSt, in whom the degree of hemolysis was closely related to iron status. Genetic modifiers increasing iron stores (HFE:pCy...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Orvain C,Da Costa L,Van Wijk R,Pissard S,Picard V,Mansour-Hendili L,Cunat S,Giansily-Blaizot M,Cartron G,Schved JF,Aguilar-Martinez P

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In further studying the mechanism of action of IFN-alpha in HCL, we cultured the HCL cell line JOK-1 and the IFN-sensitive Burkitt cell line Daudi with and without IFN-alpha and investigated the changes in density of a number of surface antigens by use of mAb and flow cytometry analyses. During culture with IFN-alpha,...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Nielsen B,Madsen PS,Jensen AW,Hokland P,Hokland M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematopoietic capacity of bone marrow treated with 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide (4-HC) was studied using long-term suspension cultures. It was shown that, in the presence of a previously established marrow adherent cell layer (ACL), the 4-HC treated bone marrow, deprived of GM-CFC, generates GM-CFC in long-term s...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Beran M,Zander AR,Andersson BS,McCredie KB

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune reconstitution may be delayed after CD34-selected compared with unmanipulated autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT), resulting in a theoretically increased risk of infections. In a case-control matched study we compared the incidence of infection in 25 recipients of CD34-selected PBSC (C...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Frère P,Pereira M,Fillet G,Beguin Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic volume was measured by visual assessment of planar images of the spleen, and also by single photon emission computerised tomography (SPECT) using 99mtechnetium tin colloid, in a group of 33 patients with primary thrombocythaemia (PT) or reactive thrombocytosis. Volumes greater than 337 cm3 correlated strongly ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Messinezy M,Chapman R,Dudley JM,Nunan TO,Pearson TC

更新日期：1988-04-01 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：:We report the first case of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) complicated with plasma cell dyscrasia (PCD) in which liver transplant resulted in unexpected therapeutic benefit of PCD. A 61-year-old man with 12 yr history of PSC presented with a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) with an IgG l...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Fontana V,Ahn YS,Horstman LH,Tzakis AG,O'Brien CB

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Interferon-alpha (IFNalpha) was the first effective pharmacologic treatment of hairy cell leukemia (HCL). Since 1990 purine analogs replaced IFNalpha because of higher rates of complete remission and an invariable disease recurrence after cessation of IFNalpha. However, there are only limited data about long-...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Benz R,Siciliano RD,Stussi G,Fehr J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-related changes in peripheral blood and variations in liver and spleen iron concentrations during alternating periods of hypoxia and normoxia have been investigated in iron-supplemented mice by chemical and histological methods. During hypoxia, packed cell volume increased from 40 to 70%. The iron content of the ...

journal_title：European journal of haematology

authors： Borch-Iohnsen B,Myhre K,Norheim G

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00