Successful treatment of aspergillus brain abscess in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and liver failure.

abstract：:A method is described to estimate MYCN (N-myc) oncogene amplification in neuroblastoma by the technique of differential polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The technique is quicker than conventional Southern blotting techniques and does not require radioactive materials. The ability to measure MYCN amplification from sma...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Huddart SN,Mann JR,McGukin AG,Corbett R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Department of Oncology at Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (HIMFG) was the first unit in our country, and one of the first in Latin America, to specialize in the management of children with cancer. The HIMFG is part of the National Institutes of Health of Mexico, and is a reference hospital with research...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Medina-Sanson A,Martínez-Avalos A,Gallegos-Castorena S,Juárez-Villegas LE,González-Montalvo P,Perales-Arroyo A,Gallegos-González E,Ayometzi-Ouchi MT

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the Fifth National Wilms Tumor Study (NWTS-5), tumor-specific loss of heterozygosity (LOH) for chromosomes 1p and 16q identifies a subset of patients with Wilms tumor (WT) who despite having favorable histology (FH) have a significantly increased risk of relapse and death. We aimed to find out 1p and 16q ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Fawzy M,Bahanassy A,Samir A,Hafez H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with thalassemia intermedia (TI) experience many complications, of which the incidence varies greatly among cases. Considering the high prevalence of thalassemia in Iran, the study was carried out to determine the frequency of TI complications in Iranian patients and to find possible risk factors for each of ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Rafsanjani KA,Mafi N,Tafreshi RI

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Outlining the treatment for an unclassifiable lymphoid malignancy is often difficult. A highly undifferentiated lymphomatous mass that relapsed in spite of intense chemotherapy and autologous transplant is reported. At relapse, there was differentiation into myeloid lineage. Though remission was achieved with AML-type...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Anoop P,Lancaster DL,Ethell ME,Potter MN,Wotherspoon A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overall survival from cancer has greatly improved, although it still remains the second leading cause of mortality in the world. This result was achieved through the use of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, which are severely toxic to normal tissues. In the long-term follow-up of cancer patients, the development of secon...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Varan A,Kebudi R

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective analysis was performed on febrile neutropenic episodes in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) from 1992 to 2002. There were 222 febrile neutropenic episodes in 266 ALL patients with documented ANC < 500/mm(3). Of the 222 episodes, 98 (44%) had documented focus of infection; the rest were f...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Bakhshi S,Padmanjali KS,Arya LS

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological complications may occur following intensive chemotherapy and hematopoietic cell transplantation. Postirradiation somnolence syndrome has been observed in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who received central nervous system preventive therapy with 1800-2400 cGy cranial irradiation. The authors re...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Miyahara M,Azuma E,Hirayama M,Kobayashi M,Hori H,Komada Y,Masuda H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinovenous thrombosis describes thrombosis in one or more of the cerebral venous sinuses. The incidence of SVT in childhood appears to be highest during the neonatal period. Although plasma level of D-dimer has been shown to be sensitive for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in adult patient...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Karagöl BS,Erdeve O,Fítöz S,Uysal Z,Atasay B,Arsan S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ondansetron (Zofron, Glaxo) and tropisetron (Navoban, Sandoz) are selective serotonin (5HT3) antagonists that have proven very effective in the prevention of vomiting and nausea in adults and children receiving cancer chemotherapy. This study compared the efficacy of the two agents in the prevention of vomiting and na...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Stiakaki E,Savvas S,Lydaki E,Bolonaki I,Kouvidi E,Dimitriou H,Kambourakis A,Kalmanti M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of the anemias during childhood are hypochromic and microcytic. The aim of the present study was to determine the status of α-thalassemia mutations and its association with other etiologies, such as iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and β-thalassemia trait, that are frequently seen hypochromic microcytic anemi...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Gulen H,Hanimeli O,Karaca O,Taneli F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is yet to be established. We treated seven patients with etoposide alone at a dose of 100 mg/m2/day for 3 days given every 3 to 4 weeks for six cycles. Three patients had received prior chemotherapy, two patients were less than 2 years of age, and two had liver dysfunct...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Basade MM,Nair CN,Kurkure PA,Pai SK,Advani SH

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:We present the management challenge provided by a patient with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma associated with Kasabach-Merritt phenomenon. A female child presented at 14 months of age with an ecchymotic swelling of her right upper arm and axilla. Subsequently, she developed profound thrombocytopenia and hypofibrinoge...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Blei F,Karp N,Rofsky N,Rosen R,Greco MA

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare genetically determined immunodeficiency. Neutrophils from CGD patients show a defective killing of phagocytosed fungi and bacteria, due not only to an impairment in oxidative burst, but also to absence of normal pH value within phagocytic vacuole following phagocytosis. Be...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Granzotto M,Leone V,Lepore L,Zerial M,Tommasini A,Ciambra R,Gombac F,Ventura A

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) of the liver is rare in children, and it is usually diagnosed through a biopsy of the liver or hepatectomy. The authors report a case of a 10-year-old girl with multiple focal nodular hyperplasia lesions of the liver after the completion of tumor therapy for advanced neuroblastoma, and ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Sugito K,Kusafuka T,Kawashima H,Uekusa S,Furuya T,Ohashi K,Inoue M,Ikeda T,Koshinaga T,Maebayashi T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections remain a serious complication in pediatric oncology patients. To determine if daily bathing with Chlorhexidine gluconate can decrease the rate of nosocomial infection in pediatric oncology patients, we reviewed rates of infections in pediatric oncology patients over a 14-month span. Intervention group recei...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Raulji CM,Clay K,Velasco C,Yu LC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the quantitative aspects of the shift in production from fetal hemoglobin (HbF) to adult hemoglobin (HbA), the HbF and HbA mass were estimated in a preterm infant (gestational age 29 weeks) for 22 weeks after an exchange transfusion the second day of life, leading to an initial HbA% of 100. Up until the es...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Refsum HE,Bechensteen AG,Lindemann R

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is X-linked recessive disorder associated with microplatelet thrombocytopenia, eczema, infections, and an increased risk of autoimmunity and lymphoid neoplasia. The originally described features of WAS include susceptibility to infections, microthrombocytopenia, and eczema....

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kamuran K,Çetin M,Geylan H,Karaman S,Demir N,Yurekturk E,Yavuz İ,Yavuz G,Tuncer O

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal education might be an important factor for the neuroblastoma risk in children, but it was conflicting. This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between maternal education and neuroblastoma susceptibility and to explore whether maternal education was an important indicator to be associated...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Wang P,Liao N,Liao XH,Liang B,Huang CX,Li W

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A discussion of a 5-year-old child with congenital hemolytic anemia and severe hypotonia caused by triosephosphate (TPI) deficiency is presented. The complexities in the diagnosis and management of this condition is discussed and the relevant literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Linarello RE,Shetty AK,Thomas T,Warrier RP

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is common in patients with thalassemia major. A 16-year-old patient with thalassemia major was referred for evaluation of osteoporosis. The results of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in a patient with thalassemia major are presented. The patient underwent measurements of the spine in both AP and lateral ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Yildiz M,Canatan D

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported long-term outcome of endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) patients who present with paraplegia is largely unknown. Records of BL patients treated with comparable short-interval cyclophosphamide chemotherapy schedules between 2004 and 2014 at three Baptist mission hospitals in Cameroon were reviewed. Survivors w...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Hesseling PB,Mbah G,Kouya F,Kimbi C,Nfor P,Kaah J,Kuruvilla R,Best A,Wharin P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was to determine the efficacy of vincristine and irinotecan in children with relapsed hepatoblastoma (HB). METHODS:A total of 10 patients with relapsed HB were enrolled. Three patients were excluded. Patients received irinotecan 50 mg/m(2)/day, day 1-5 and vincristine 1.5 mg/m(2)/day, day 1, repeate...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Zhang YT,Feng LH,Zhong XD,Wang LZ,Chang J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) is primarily localized on the endothelial cells of large blood vessels and is very low or absent in the microvascular endothelium of most tissues. EPCR augments the thrombin/thrombomodulin-dependent activation of protein C by 5- to 20-fold. EPCR appears to be physiologically signi...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Kendirli T,Ciftçi E,Ince E,Yurdakul E,Kansu A,Akar N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in the tumor suppressor gene TP53 have been associated with poor outcome in adult hematological malignancies. We have earlier reported an increased expression of the TP53 encoded protein p53, in bone marrow samples from pediatric patients with aggressive leukemia. Our aim was now to evaluate p53 ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Honkaniemi E,Mattsson K,Barbany G,Sander B,Gustafsson B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hematologic phenotype was characterized in heterozygotes for three of the most common beta-thalassemia mutations in the Greek population. The study included 17 carriers of beta++ IVS1-n6 (T-->C), 21 carriers of beta+ IVS1-n110 (G-->A), and 17 carriers of beta 0 CD39 (C-->T). The 55 beta-thalassemia heterozygotes w...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Stefanis L,Kanavakis E,Traeger-Synodinos J,Tzetis M,Metaxotou-Mavromati A,Kattamis C

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A firm, painless tumor of the temporal region was excised in a 3-year-old girl. The diagnosis of nonossifying fibromyxoid tumor was established on pathologic examination, which showed that most of the cells formed cords and tubulelike structures in a myxoid background. Bone and osteoid were lacking. The child is free ...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Leray V,Gosseye S,Sempoux C,Ninane J,Vanwijck R

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ondansetron, a highly selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, is available in an intravenous (IV) formulation and tables, but syrup would be particularly useful in children. As chemotherapy can affect taste perceptions, this study was undertaken to determine the preference between two flavors of ondansetron syrup in chil...

journal_title：Pediatric hematology and oncology

authors： Stevens R,Votan B,Lane R,Schaison G,Hewitt M,Kohler J,Thyss A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00