The significance of minimal residual disease in stem cell grafts and the role of purging: is it better to purge in vivo or in vitro?

abstract：:350 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) aged 2/12-15 years (mean 6.3 +/- 2.7) were followed up during the period January 1st, 1975 to March 31, 1992. They constituted 40% of cases with hemorrhagic diathesis attending the Hematology/Oncology Clinic, Children's Hospital, Ain Shams University (relativ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Khalifa AS,Tolba KA,el-Alfy MS,Gadallah M,Ibrahim FH

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:34 patients with myocardial infarction were studied with daily measurements of beta-thromboglobulin (BTG) and 125I fibrinogen scanning in order to detect deep-venous thrombosis (DVT). Serial levels of BTG were unhelpful in the early detection of this condition, which occurred in 7 of the patients studied. 5 of the pat...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Simmonds JP,O'Malley BP,Maskill MR,O'Connor JF,Burridge DJ

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast-like cells were grown from the bone marrow of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients before, during and off therapy. A diminished growth capacity was observed in cells from patients before and during therapy. In the three groups studied, differences were also observed in the effect of hydrocortisone on...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Bruzzone MS,Minguell JJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient developed a drug rash and neutropenia while receiving tobramycin, ticarcillin and flucloxacillin intravenously for osteomyelitis. Incorporation of these antibiotics into in vitro cultures of bone marrow granulocyte macrophage precursors (CFU-C) showed no inhibition of the patient's marrow or normal marrow by...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Irvine AE,Morris TC,Kelly GJ,McCracken N

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three consecutive patients considered to have end-stage acquired aplastic anaemia were given 100-160 mg/kg antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) i.v. followed by an infusion of 2-3.8 x 10(8) nucleated marrow cells/kg i.v. from HL-A one haplotype-identical, MLC-positive family donors. All patients showed autologous marrow reco...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Jeannet M,Speck B,Rubinstein A,Pelet B,Wyss M,Kummer H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytic activity of leukaemic blasts in 20 adults and 16 children suffering from acute leukaemia was studied in vitro by the use of ferrioxidsaccharate. Most frequently phagocytosing blasts were encountered in myelomonocytic leukaemias. The morphological character of positive blasts resembled often that of monocyto...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Neuwirtová R,Setková O,Housková J,Poch T,Dorazilová V,Donner L

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:von Willebrand disease (VWD) type 2M is a distinct entity and clearly differs from type 1. The genotype-phenotype correlation for cases with ristocetin cofactor activity (RCo)/antigen (Ag) ratios <0.60 is clear, whereas the von Willebrand factor (VWF):collagen binding (CB)/VWF:Ag ratio is normal in VWD 2M. Typical lab...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Hermans C,Batlle J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate kinase (PK) from four patients with moderate to severe congenital non-spherocytic haemolytic anaemia was characterized by methods recommended by the ICSH. The possibility that two of the patients are true homozygotes cannot be ruled out, while the other two apparently represent double heterozygotes. All but o...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Tegos C,Anagnostoulis G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the most common enzymopathy, and more than 125 different mutations causing G6PD deficiency have been identified. Chronic haemolytic anaemia (CHA) associated with G6PD deficiency is rare, but there is a cluster of mutations causing CHA between amino acids 361-42...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Hundsdoerfer P,Vetter B,Kulozik AE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic pain affects 50% of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD). Although inflammation is thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic pain, no studies have examined the differences in circulating cytokines between patients with SCD with and without chronic pain. We performed an observational cohort study us...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Karafin MS,Simpson P,Field JJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that CD44 mediates adhesive interactions between hematopoietic progenitor cells and the stromal microenvironment. Ligands of CD44 include several extracellular matrix components, such as hyaluronic acid and fibronectin. Antibodies against CD44 have been shown to induce homotypic T cell aggregatio...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Oostendorp RA,Spitzer E,Dörmer P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare and highly aggressive hematological malignancy derived from precursors of plasmacytoid dendritic cells. This disease typically presents with cutaneous involvement as the first manifestation, with subsequent or simultaneous spread to bone marrow and periphe...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Wang H,Cao J,Hong X

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of thymus-dependent (T cells) and bone marrow-derived lymphocytes (B cells) was studied in 74 patients with Hodgkin's disease and 33 normal controls. A T cell deficit was found in untreated patients as well as in long-term survivors in remission. Therapy slightly enhanced the T cell depletion in Hodgk...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Many A,Biniaminov M,Rosenthal E,Aghai E,Ramot B

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose gammaglobulin therapy for patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), introduced by Imbach et al., was applied to 5 adults with chronic refractory ITP to investigate the mechanism of the increase in platelet counts. In 4 of the 5 cases, transient increase in platelet count was observed. Platelet...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Kurata Y,Tsubakio T,Yonezawa T,Tarui S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thrombogenicity of prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) has been known as a risk factor since their first clinical use about 30 years ago. The development of in vivo models to define the thrombogenic components in PCCs was instrumental in providing a logical basis for selecting in vitro assays to screen for the...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： MacGregor I,McLaughlin L,Drummond O,Prowse C,Ferguson J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemia in malignancies is a frequent complication, mostly affecting patients with solid tumors or multiple myeloma. Calcium elevation is induced by direct bone infiltration of a tumor mass or through calcium liberation from the skeleton by a humoral mediator. The latter mechanism is referred to as humoral hyper...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Kampfenkel T,Baraniskin A,Teschendorf C,Schmiegel W,Massenkeil G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-year-old Saudi girl presented with severe clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus of 3 months' duration. In addition to laboratory evidence of the disease, the patient was found to have pancytopenia and myelofibrosis. While pancytopenia was considerably improved by steroids, myelofibrosis was not revers...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： el Mouzan MI,Ahmad MA,al Fadel Saleh M,al Sohaibani MO,al Gindan YM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first thrombocytopenia cases related to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were described even before its isolation in 1983. Subsequently, multiple mechanisms have been proposed to elucidate the etiology of thrombocytopenia. In addition to other types of cytopenia affecting patients with HIV, thrombocytopenia ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Passos AM,Treitinger A,Spada C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare vascular tumor of the spleen with an unknown etiology and unclear natural history. An association with synchronous malignancy has been described. We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who had progressive splenomegaly over 3 years following resection of a colon adenocarcinoma. ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Steensma DP,Morice WG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased incidence of parallel tubular structures in lymphocytes of patients with Hodgkin's disease was investigated for a correlation with either impairment of cellular immunity (measured by DNCB-skin test and PHA-induced lymphocyte stimulation in vitro) or an increase of antibodies against cytomegalovirus or Ep...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Halie MR,Langenhuysen MM,de Gast GC,Nieweg HO

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocytic sarcoma of the small intestine preceding or as the presenting feature of acute myelogenous leukemia with chromosome 16 abnormalities has been observed in at least 4 patients. We report the case of a patient initially diagnosed with eosinophilic gastroenteritis, responding to corticosteroid treatment for 2...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Julia A,Nomdedeu JF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes a patient with polycythemia vera who developed a severe arterial and venous thrombosis caused by systemically administered heparin. An immunologic implication has been proposed as pathophysiological mechanism of this heparin-associated thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome. It is sugges...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Garcia S,Cervero A,Sanchez M,Colomina P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Immunotherapy using recombinant human interleukin-2 (rIL-2) produces objective responses in a proportion of advanced cancer patients. While early investigators employed intravenous (i.v.) treatment regimens, recent clinical trials applied therapy schedules via subcutaneous (s.c.) injection, mostly in combina...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Schomburg A,Kirchner H,Atzpodien J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hemophilia B patient, seropositive for HIV antibodies since 1984, came to us in March 1989 with a severe necrotizing lesion of the nose. It was an erythematous lesion and looked like rhinophyma. Microbiological examination of the skin biopsy showed the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans. At the time of the study, t...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Mares M,Sartori MT,Carretta M,Bertaggia A,Girolami A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is thought to take part in the genesis of bone marrow fibrosis that can be found in patients with myeloproliferative diseases. We evaluated platelet mitogenic activity as the difference between serum and plasma activity in 8 patients with myeloproliferative disease. We observed a ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Caenazzo A,Pietrogrande F,Polato G,Piva E,Masiero M,Sgarabotto D,Girolami A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that iron overload may adversely affect liver disease outcome. The recent identification of 2 mutations in the HFE gene related to hereditary haemochromatosis (Cys282Tyr and His63Asp) provided an opportunity to test whether they are associated with hepatic iron accumulation and the activity and se...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Martinelli AL,Franco RF,Villanova MG,Figueiredo JF,Secaf M,Tavella MH,Ramalho LN,Zucoloto S,Zago MA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 51-year-old male with acute lymphoblastic leukemia whose course was complicated by primary fibrinolysis and spontaneous rupture of the spleen is described. The patient was treated with various drug combinations: vincristine and prednisone, later by cytosine arabinoside and finally by prednisone, methotrexate and 6-m...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Gafter U,Mandel EM,Weiss S,Djaldetti M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BCR-ABL fusion gene represents the hallmark of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and is derived from a translocation between chromosome 9 and 22. The majority of CML patients have a breakpoint in the major BCR region of the BCR gene giving rise to e13a2 or e14a2 BCR-ABL transcripts. Occasionally, other BCR breakp...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Vefring HK,Gruber FX,Wee L,Hovland R,Hjorth-Hansen H,Gedde Dahl T,Meyer P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymoma is an uncommon neoplasia derived from the epithelial cells of the thymus, which leads to immune dysregulation and is associated with a series of autoimmune diseases. However, the concurrence of these disease entities is rare, and the exact mechanisms of these diseases are still unclear. We have admitted severa...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Wang W,Chen LY,Zhao W,Ren Y,Wang L,Li X,Jiang Y,Gao H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare the curative effects of the combination therapy of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO, As₂O₃) with ATRA monotherapy on newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). METHODS:The studies were retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, ChinaInfo and...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Ma H,Yang J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00