Combination of all-trans-retinoic acid and gemtuzumab ozogamicin in an elderly patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia and severe cardiac failure.

abstract：:Recently, the use of novel targeted drugs has changed the treatment paradigms in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Among the several drugs used for the management of relapsed/refractory (R/R) CLL, Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors (ibrutinib and acalabrutinib), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors (idelalisib an...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Smolewski P,Robak T

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A 61-year-old Japanese man was referred to our hospital in 2002 due to severe pancytopenia. Bone marrow and peripheral blood findings indicated he had severe aplastic anemia (AA). A whole-body CT scan and Ga scintigraphy revealed no abnormal findings. Antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine A (CyA) were administered a...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Suzuki Y,Niitsu N,Hayama M,Katayama T,Ishii R,Osaka M,Miyazaki K,Danbara M,Horie R,Yoshida T,Nakamura N,Higashihara M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is reported. The patient, a 79-year-old man, had a long standing history of CLL, that had been complicated by the development of a Guillain-Barré-like syndrome and a peripheral biclonal gammopathy. The biclonal immunoglobulins identified in the serum were I...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Ruiz P,Moezzi M,Chamizo W,Ganjei P,Whitcomb CC,Rey LC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibrinolytic response to surgical trauma was studied longitudinally in 7 pigs by measuring the fibrinolytic activity in the blood and vein wall simultaneously. The results indicated a marked suppression in fibrinolytic activity in the blood which was closely correlated with the activity in the vein wall. This corr...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Wu AV,Mansfield AO

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of granulocyte/colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) on the onset of the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we investigated whether the incidence of ARDS due to pulmonary infection differed between the G-CSF group which received chemotherapy with G-CSF and historical controls without G-CSF....

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Takahashi Y,Kobayashi Y,Chikayama S,Ikeda M,Kondo M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dilution in the circulating blood of lymphocytes lablled in vitro with 3H-cytidine was examined after autotransfusion in 9 patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) stage II A-IV B, 5 of whom were untreated; in 2 untreated patients with carcinoma, and in 1 treated patient with scleroderma. The blood transit time of exc...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Schick P,Trepel F,Eder M,Matzner M,Benedek S,Theml H,Kaboth W,Begemann H,Fliedner TM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of Hodgkin's disease which initially presented with a thyroid tumor in an 18-year-old-man is reported. The tumor involved most of the thyroid gland but was well demarcated, and the border between the tumor and the remnants of the thyroid gland was relatively clear, suggesting secondary Hodgkin's disease in...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Nakamura S,Mizukami Y,Yokoyama K,Saito Y,Ohtake S,Matsuda T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with hematologic neoplasia (11 acute myeloid leukemias, 2 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and 1 blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia) who underwent high-dose cytosine arabinoside (HIDARAC) therapy with or without sequential asparaginase (ASNase) were investigated in order to evaluate liver toxicity and a...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Marra R,Pagano L,De Stefano V,Leone G,Bizzi B

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the role of thrombopoietin (c-Mpl ligand, TPO) in 'hypersplenic' thrombocytopenia, we used an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to examine changes in serum TPO levels accompanied with splenectomy in 6 patients with liver cirrhosis, 4 patients with gastric cancer, and 2 patients with lymphoid malignancies. W...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Ichikawa N,Kitano K,Shimodaira S,Ishida F,Ito T,Kajikawa S,Tahara T,Kato T,Kiyosawa K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma samples from patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) associated with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) exhibited higher levels of the D-fragment of fibrin and fibrinogen degradation products [FDP(D)], with relatively lower levels of cross-linked fibrin degradation products (XDP), than sample...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Okajima K,Koga S,Okabe H,Inoue M,Takatsuki K

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of mouse and human monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies is described. Common idiotypes were identified on these antibodies employing monoclonal (mouse) and polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies. The significance of the presence and titer of the common idiotypes as clinical activity marker was examined in pa...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Isenberg D,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet aggregation in citrated and heparinized plasma by ionophore A 23187 and Ristocetin was studied in normal subjects and in patients with von Willebrand's disease and congenital afibrinogenemia. Aggregation by ionophore was normal in all groups both in citrated and heparinized plasma. Aggregation by Ristocetin i...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Girolami A,Fabris F,Marco L,Peruffo R

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:Iron overload is a constant and the more important complication in thalassemia. Serum ferritin concentration accurately reflects body iron stores. A total of 245 thalassemic patients aged 12-55 years were examined, 71 having Hb H disease and 174 beta-thalassemia/Hb E disease. The patients received minimal or no blood ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Pootrakul P,Vongsmasa V,La-ongpanich P,Wasi P

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with recurrence of Hodgkin's disease and severe liver disease of unknown origin in whom autoimmune neutropenia developed. Because of possible seronegative viral hepatitis he was treated with high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin instead of steroids. He responded with a prompt but transitory increa...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Schoengen A,Fembacher PM,Schulz PC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite encouraging reports concerning the declining prevalence of iron deficiency, this easily preventable disorder is still an existing problem in presumably developed regions. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of iron deficiency and relevant anemia in children residing in Northern Greece and to study ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Gompakis N,Economou M,Tsantali C,Kouloulias V,Keramida M,Athanasiou-Metaxa M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of karyotypes, hematological variables and neutrophil alkaline phosphatase (NAP) was performed in 106 parents (53 couples) of children with free, homogeneous trisomy 21 and of 220 parents (110 couples) of normal children. In the parents of trisomy 21 children we found a significant increase of the ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Grozdea J,Bourrouillou G,Mounie C,Colombies P

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old woman presented to the outpatient hematology clinic in August 2001 with leukocytosis, recurrent bacterial infections, sweating and weight loss. Bone marrow biopsy showed 80% infiltration with lymphoid cells having a prolymphocytic morphology. Flow-cytometric immunophenotype analysis showed that over 80% ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Zver S,Kokalj Vokac N,Zagradisnik B,Erjavec A,Zagorac A,Zupan IP,Cernelc P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of cellular antigens in bone marrow sections depends on the method of embedding, the nature of antigen and antibody, antigen retrieval techniques and the sensitivity of the immunohistochemical method. This study evaluated a fluorescyl-tyramide-enhanced immunostaining method on methyl-methacrylate-embedde...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Gaiser T,Bernhards J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been many reports of patients with ampulla cardiomyopathy described as takotsubo-shaped cardiomyopathy in the cardiovascular field. This unique cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient apical ballooning and hypokinesis of the left ventricle. We describe 2 cases of ampulla cardiomyopathy associated with ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Takeoka Y,Nakamae M,Nakamae H,Hagihara K,Sakamoto E,Nakane T,Koh H,Koh KR,Ohta K,Yamane T,Hino M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progenitor cell fractions from normal human marrow have been prepared by a method that enables low numbers of cells to be cultured and results in very little T cell or monocyte contamination. The enrichment of 14- and 21-day BFU-E was similar to that for CFU-GM and the readdition of sheep red blood rosette-forming cel...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Linch DC,Boyle D,Beverley PC

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a dose titration study we tested the efficacy and tolerance of recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) in 10 patients with myelodysplasia (MDS) and 2 patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis. Patients with a haemoglobin level < 100 g/l were treated as out-patients for 12 weeks with daily doses ranging from 30 U/kg b...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Mohr B,Herrmann R,Huhn D

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a severe complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation, with a substantial impact on the quality of life and survival, still lacking with regard to an optimal therapeutic strategy. Corticosteroids are considered the standard of care for first-line treatment of chronic...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Michael M,Shimoni A,Nagler A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) in the cerebrospinal fluid from 14 infants and children with meningitis and 6 patients who suffered other diseases besides meningitis was measured by our sensitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for GM-CSF. The minimal detection level of GM-CSF ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Shimoda K,Okamura S,Omori F,Mizuno Y,Hara T,Aoki T,Akeda H,Ueda K,Niho Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the results of high-dose therapy (HDT) and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with relapsed or primary refractory Hodgkin's disease (HD), using a previously reported prognostic model based on the presence of three poor prognostic factors at the start of salvage therapy/p...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Qazilbash MH,Devetten MP,Abraham J,Lynch JP,Beall CL,Auber M,Weisenborn R,Bunner P,Ericson SG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow samples of 28 individuals with clinically benign and of 41 patients with malignant monoclonal gammopathy were analyzed for the total number of lymphoplasmocellular elements containing cytoplasmic immunoglobulins and for the monoclonal fraction of these cells. Monoclonal immunoglobulin components were deter...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Morell A,Maurer W,Skvaril F,Barandun S

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new case of IgE myeloma is described. A 77-year-old woman presented with bone pain and fatigue. Serum protein analysis revealed a paraprotein of the IgE kappa type; bone marrow aspirate and immunofluorescence confirmed the diagnosis; ultrastructural examination showed immature plasma cells. Treatment with prednisone...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Invernizzi F,Monti G,Caviglia AG,Meroni P,Zanussi C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an unusual case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) complicated by subclavian artery occlusion in a 32-year-old man with severe aplastic anemia, who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation. He was severely neutropenic after the conditioning for transplantation, but he had no history of fungal ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Hashino S,Imamura M,Tanaka J,Mori A,Noto S,Kobayashi S,Kasai M,Asaka M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of clearance of peripheral blood blasts (PBB) as a predictor of outcomes in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is controversial. To investigate the prognostic significance of the time to clearance of PBB after induction in Chinese patients with AML, a retrospective analysis of 146 patients with newly diagnosed AML...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Li X,Zhu H,Zhang Y,Zhao W,Mi J,Hu J,Li J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cell (TC) contamination of stem cell products can contribute to relapse after high dose chemotherapy and stem cell rescue. A new purging technology using replication-deficient recombinant adenovirus (Adv) containing the p53 tumor suppressor gene (Adv-p53) has been suggested to reduce tumor contamination of autol...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Hirai M,Kelsey LS,Maneval DC,Vaillancourt M,Talmadge JE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00