The addition of rituximab to anthracycline-based chemotherapy significantly improves outcome in 'Western' patients with intravascular large B-cell lymphoma.

abstract：:Eight patients with aplastic anaemia associated with dyskeratosis congenita received allogeneic marrow grafts from either HLA-identical siblings (six patients) or HLA-matched unrelated donors (two patients). Patients who received marrow from HLA-identical siblings were conditioned with cyclophosphamide (140-200 mg/kg)...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Langston AA,Sanders JE,Deeg HJ,Crawford SW,Anasetti C,Sullivan KM,Flowers ME,Storb R

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a BCR/ABL rearrangement positive but Philadelphia chromosome negative status in a 9-year-old boy suffering from an acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML). This case was detected in a prospective PCR screening procedure including 21 children with newly diagnosed AML and 150 children with acute lymphoblastic leuk...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Borkhardt A,Repp R,Harbott J,Lakomek M,Janssen JW,Schlieben S,Bartram CR,Lampert F

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is limited information concerning the impact of physical activity and obesity on non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) prognosis. We examined the associations between pre-diagnosis physical activity and body mass index (BMI) with survival in 238 diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) and 175 follicular lymphoma cases, with follow-up...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boyle T,Connors JM,Gascoyne RD,Berry BR,Sehn LH,Bashash M,Spinelli JJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) are reported in 25-65% of patients with splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT). Diagnostic criteria for MPD have not been fully established in this context. Using clusters of abnormal megakaryocytes in bone marrow (BM) biopsy as a reference standard for Philadelphia negative MPD, we assess...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chait Y,Condat B,Cazals-Hatem D,Rufat P,Atmani S,Chaoui D,Guilmin F,Kiladjian JJ,Plessier A,Denninger MH,Casadevall N,Valla D,Brière JB

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel principle is proposed for a differential separation of live cells (such as leucocytes) from a main flow. A microfluidic device with planar insulated electrodes as the side walls of the channel was manufactured and tested. An array of insulated vertical conductor wires was inserted along the axis of the channel...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Popa C,Su B,Vadgama P,Cotter F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared pulmonary function tests (PFTs) with cardiac, pancreatic and liver iron in 76 thalassemia major (TM) patients. Restrictive lung disease was observed in 16%, hyperinflation in 32% and abnormal diffusing capacity in 3%. While no patients met Global Initiative for Chronic Lung Disease criteria for air...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sohn EY,Noetzli LJ,Gera A,Kato R,Coates TD,Harmatz P,Keens TG,Wood JC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripheral blood lymphoid cells of five patients with Sézary syndrome (SS) were examined with respect to their surface membrane characteristics and their response to mitogens. These cells showed markedly defective mitogenic responses to a broad dose range of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), pokeweed mitogen, concanavali...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Braylan R,Variakojis D,Yachnin S

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the positron emission tomography (PET) era, traditional prognostic factors may not apply for patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) undergoing autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). Moreover, little is known about prognostic factors in patients transplanted for transform...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Armand P,Welch S,Kim HT,LaCasce AS,Jacobsen ED,Davids MS,Jacobson C,Fisher DC,Brown JR,Coughlin E,Freedman AS,Chen YB

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In whole blood from splenectomized subjects (n = 20), red cells showed a significant increase of mean surface area (MSA), mean cell volume (MCV), MSA/MCV-ratio and osmotic resistance, with the mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) being decreased. Studies on red cell populations of different cell age revealed tha...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

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

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytosterolaemia (sitosterolaemia) is a recessively inherited metabolic condition in which the absorption of both cholesterol and plant-derived cholesterol-like molecules at the gut is unselective and unrestricted. In haematology, Mediterranean stomatocytosis or Mediterranean macrothrombocytopenia is a poorly understo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rees DC,Iolascon A,Carella M,O'marcaigh AS,Kendra JR,Jowitt SN,Wales JK,Vora A,Makris M,Manning N,Nicolaou A,Fisher J,Mann A,Machin SJ,Clayton PT,Gasparini P,Stewart GW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental longevity is associated with an increased life expectancy; results with regard to specific diseases are conflicting. There are limited data focusing on host characteristics and their effect on survival among multiple myeloma (MM) patients and individuals with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sverrisdóttir IS,Lund SH,Turesson I,Björkholm M,Goldin LR,Landgren O,Kristinsson SY

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the molecular basis for haemoglobin H disease in 50 Sardinian patients by restriction endonuclease analysis. We found that the majority (78% of the cases) are due to gene deletion (- -/- alpha). Among those with a combination of deletion and nondeletion defects (- -/alpha alpha th), the most prevalent ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Paglietti E,Galanello R,Moi P,Pirastu M,Cao A

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a tissue kallikrein in polymorphonuclear (PMN) leucocytes of normal human blood and bone marrow by immunocytochemistry, radioimmunoassay and enzymology. Immunoreactive tissue kallikrein was visualized in the mature neutrophil leucocytes and in immature forms such as metamyelocytes and myelocytes. No...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Figueroa CD,MacIver AG,Bhoola KD

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BRAF V600E mutation has recently been described in all cases of hairy cell leukaemia (HCL). We have developed and validated a rapid and sensitive high-resolution melting analysis (HRMA) assay that detects BRAF exon 15 mutations when hairy cells are as low as 5-10% in a sample. All 48 HCL patients were positive for...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Boyd EM,Bench AJ,van 't Veer MB,Wright P,Bloxham DM,Follows GA,Scott MA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimal (i.e. submicroscopic) residual disease (MRD) predicts outcome in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). To be used clinically, MRD assays must be reliable and accurate. Two well-established techniques, flow cytometry (FC) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), can detect leukaemic cells with a sensitivit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kerst G,Kreyenberg H,Roth C,Well C,Dietz K,Coustan-Smith E,Campana D,Koscielniak E,Niemeyer C,Schlegel PG,Müller I,Niethammer D,Bader P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is a common complication following allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). It is the leading cause of non-relapse mortality in transplant survivors and has a significant impact upon their functional status and quality of life. Despite significant advances being m...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fraser CJ,Scott Baker K

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsic factor (IF) and cobalamin-R-binding protein (R-binder) linked to polyacrylamide beads were used to absorb cobalamins from solutions and serum extracts. Both binding agents were equally effective in removing [57Co]B12 from aqueous solution. IF was more effective than R-binder in removing [57Co]B12 added to a ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Muir M,Chanarin I

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of the various myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are proposed, and a detailed description is given of the features that may help define MDS. Five MDS are described: (1) refractory anaemia (RA), (2) RA with ring sideroblasts, (3) RA with excess of blasts (RAEB), (4) chronic myelo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Bennett JM,Catovsky D,Daniel MT,Flandrin G,Galton DA,Gralnick HR,Sultan C

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of two different types of alpha globin gene quadruplication is reported. One with the alpha alpha alpha alpha (anti 3.7)/haplotype was present in four members of a Black family from Georgia, while a second with the alpha alpha alpha alpha (anti 4.2)/haplotype was observed in two members of an Indonesian ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Gu YC,Landman H,Huisman TH

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of the acute painful crisis (APC) of sickle cell disease (SCD) remains unsatisfactory despite advances in the understanding and management of acute pain in other clinical settings. One reason for this is an unsophisticated approach to the use of opioid analgesics for pain management. This applies to haemato...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Telfer P,Bahal N,Lo A,Challands J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very few studies have investigated the effects of exercise on the biological parameters involved in vaso-occlusive events in sickle cell anaemia (SCA). The aim of this study was to test how a mild-moderate endurance exercise modulates oxidative stress, nitric oxide bioavailability and endothelial activation in SCA pat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Faes C,Balayssac-Siransy E,Connes P,Hivert L,Danho C,Bogui P,Martin C,Pialoux V

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the potency of the C677T mutation in the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene as a genetic risk factor in women with a history of early (12 weeks gestation) recurrent miscarriage (three or more consecutive pregnancy losses). Fifty-seven of the tota...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Holmes ZR,Regan L,Chilcott I,Cohen H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our long-term experience with autologous bone marrow transplantation (ABMT) for 32 adult patients with acute lymphocytic leukaemia (ALL) in second or later remission (CR), or in first CR but with high-risk. Bone marrow was purged with mafosfamide (n = 25) or with immunomagnetic beads and monoclonal antibodie...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Abdallah A,Egerer G,Goldschmidt H,Wannenmacher M,Körbling M,Ho AD

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last few years there has been rapid and radical change in the way clinical research in the UK is funded and supported within the NHS. This has resulted from restructuring and major new investment in research infrastructure, co-ordinated through Clinical Local Research Networks (CLRNs) and equivalent organisat...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Collins PW,Baglin TP,Dang R,Evans G,Greaves M,Laffan M,Pasi KJ,Rose P,Stanworth S,Toh CH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro effects of a range of concentrations of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, actinomycin D, cytarabine and methotrexate on neutrophil phagocytosis of C. albicans was studied. The reduction in phagocytic index (PI) was inversely proportional to the dilution of the drug and there was some inhibition of phagocytos...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Davies JE,Whittaker JA,Khurshid M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of radioimmunotherapy to conventional and reduced-intensity conditioning has been shown to be feasible and effective. Within an ongoing prospective phase II trial, 22 patients with advanced myeloid malignancies and a median age of 65 years (range 54-76) received anti-CD66 Rhenium radioimmunotherapy follow...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Lauter A,Strumpf A,Platzbecker U,Schetelig J,Wermke M,Radke J,Kiani A,Wunderlich G,Thiede C,Ehninger G,Kotzerke J,Bornhäuser M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified a novel polymorphism located in intron 1a of the human factor VII gene, caused by the nucleotide change G to A at position + 73. In a population of 128 healthy individuals from northern Italy, the variant A73 allele had a frequency of 0.21, whereas the frequency of the previously reported 10 bp inse...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Peyvandi F,Mannucci PM,Bucciarelli P,Zeinali S,Akhavan S,Sacchi E,Merlini PA,Perry DJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (D-glucose-6-phosphate: NADP oxidoreductase, G6PD), 6 phosphate glucono dehydrogenase (6 phospho-D-gluconate: NADP oxidoreductase, 6PGD) lactate dehydrogenase (D-lactate: NAD oxidoreductase, LDH), glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (L-aspartate: 2-oxo-glutarate amin...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ramot B,Brok-Simoni F,Chweidan E,Ashkenazi YE

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haematological and immunological characteristics of 34 healthy anti-HTLV-I antibody-positive individuals (HTLV-I carriers) in southwestern Japan were examined. No significant difference was noted between carriers and the controls in counts of RBC, WBC and the absolute number of lymphocytes. The serum IgG in the ca...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yasuda K,Sei Y,Yokoyama MM,Tanaka K,Hara A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both the 2001 World Health Organisation (WHO) classification of haematopoietic neoplasms and the 2008 WHO classification revision include a distinctive diagnostic category, refractory anaemia with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis (RARS-T), to describe those rare patients who have both >or=15% ring sideroblasts and...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Wardrop D,Steensma DP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00