Molecular characterization of a novel 27.6-kb deletion causing α(+) thalassemia in a Chinese family.

abstract：:Since July 2017, different generic imatinib formulations have been introduced in Italy for the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). We analyzed 168 chronic phase CML patients treated with branded imatinib for a median of 12 years (range 1-16) at a single institution who switched to a single gener...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Scalzulli E,Colafigli G,Latagliata R,Pepe S,Diverio D,Stocchi F,Di Prima A,Efficace F,Martelli M,Foà R,Breccia M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 13,525 haemoglobin analyses performed in our laboratory we detected 21 cases of haemoglobin D (Hb D) disease. Investigation of a family affected with this abnormal haemoglobin revealed two cases of Hb D/beta-(0) thalassaemia for the first time among Saudi Arabs. The two patients were diagnosed as having chronic ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ahmed M,Stuhrmann M,Bashawri L,Kühnau W,El-Harith EH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haplo-identical transplants (Haplo-Tx) are an important alternative for patients with hematological malignancies who lack a HLA-identical donor. Seventy-one T-replete Haplo-Tx were performed in 70 high-risk patients at our center; 22/70 (31%) patients with refractory/relapsed leukemia received sequential salvage thera...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Brunello L,Passera R,Dellacasa CM,Giaccone L,Audisio E,Ferrero D,D'Ardia S,Allione B,Aydin S,Festuccia M,Lia G,Crisà E,Maffini E,Butera S,Busca A,Bruno B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked polyclonal immunoglobulin (Ig)G4 hypergammaglobulinemia has exceptionally been reported. Here we report on two Algerian patients who presented a syndrome characterized by anemia, plasmacytic lymphadenopathy, renal manifestations, and a marked polyclonal IgG4 hypergammaglobulinemia leading to a hyperviscosity sy...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Boulanger E,Fuentes V,Meignin V,Mougenot B,Labaume S,Gouilleux-Gruart V,Cogné M,Aucouturier P,Clauvel JP,Ronco P,Lassoued K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the immunologic abnormalities of Iranian beta-thalassemia major patients were characterized, considering their clinical parameters including splenectomy status and iron overload. Serum samples and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from 28 patients and 30 age- and sex-matched healthy indi...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Gharagozloo M,Karimi M,Amirghofran Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoma-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare but fatal disease. Differences between B cell and T cell lymphoma-associated HLH remain unclear, specifically clinical characteristics and survival. We retrospectively analyzed 30 lymphoma-associated HLH patients from July 2004 to October 2012. Pat...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yu JT,Wang CY,Yang Y,Wang RC,Chang KH,Hwang WL,Teng CL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indolent primary cutaneous B cell lymphomas (PCBCL) generally have a good prognosis, but they often relapse leading in some cases to extracutaneous disease and therefore, to poor survival. We developed a prognostic model to improve the therapeutic approach to these lymphomas. Two hundred and seventeen patients with di...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Mian M,Marcheselli L,Luminari S,Federico M,Cantonetti M,Sarris AH,Rossi A,Rambaldi A,Frontani M,Devizzi L,Gianni AM,Busetto M,Berti E,Martinelli G,Tsang RW,Ferreri AJ,Pinotti G,Pogliani E,Zucca E,Cortelazzo S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary condition characterized by homozygosis of the hemoglobin S (HbS) gene. Marked morbimortality is observed due to chronic hemolysis, endothelial injury, and episodes of vaso-occlusion, which leads to multi-organ damage. Renal impairment is common and may have different presentat...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Laurentino MR,Parente Filho SLA,Parente LLC,da Silva Júnior GB,Daher EF,Lemes RPG

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE) is a severe gastrointestinal complication in patients who undergo aggressive chemotherapy. It is a necrotizing inflammation of the cecum, colon, and the terminal part of the ileum. The serious clinical state of NE patients requires very frequent surgical consultations; however, in a few ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Wach M,Dmoszynska A,Wasik-Szczepanek E,Pozarowski A,Drop A,Szczepanek D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (Ph-negative MPN) comprise a heterogeneous group of chronic hematologic malignancies. The quality of life, morbidity, and mortality of patients with MPN are primarily affected by disease-related symptoms, thromboembolic and hemorrhagic complications, and progression t...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Appelmann I,Kreher S,Parmentier S,Wolf HH,Bisping G,Kirschner M,Bergmann F,Schilling K,Brümmendorf TH,Petrides PE,Tiede A,Matzdorff A,Griesshammer M,Riess H,Koschmieder S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who receive chemoimmunotherapy and do not achieve complete remission experience significantly shortened progression-free interval (PFS). Additionally, the majority of patients treated for relapsed disease demonstrate evidence of measurable disease. Eradication of minima...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Awan FT,Jones JA,Maddocks K,Poi M,Grever MR,Johnson A,Byrd JC,Andritsos LA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD) is an atypical lympho-proliferative disorder with borderline features that often constitute a diagnostic challenge for the hematopathologist and a therapeutic dilemma for the treating clinician. Morphologically, the involved lymph nodes in this disorder are...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Sallah AS,Bernard S

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is a mutator enzyme essential for somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR) during effective adaptive immune responses. Its aberrant expression and activity have been detected in lymphomas, leukemias, and solid tumors. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Zaprazna K,Reblova K,Svobodova V,Radova L,Bystry V,Baloun J,Durechova K,Tom N,Loja T,Buresova M,Stranska K,Oltova A,Doubek M,Atchison ML,Trbusek M,Malcikova J,Pospisilova S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a hematologic disorder which is clinically characterized by thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, fever, neurologic symptoms, and cardiac and renal involvement. The pathogenic mechanisms of this disease are poorly understood. It is well known that TTP is asso...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Rozdzinski E,Hertenstein B,Schmeiser T,Seifried E,Kurrle E,Heimpel H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the clinical features, associated disorders, and treatment of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG), a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, we conducted a retrospective review of pathologically confirmed NXG at Mayo Clinic Arizona from 1987 to June 2017. Data on clinical findings, laboratory findings, a...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hilal T,DiCaudo DJ,Connolly SM,Reeder CB

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are a worrisome phenomenon in hematological patients. Data on the incidence of MDR colonization and related bloodstream infections (BSIs) in haematological patients are scarce. A multicentric prospective observational study was planned in 18 haematological institutions ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Cattaneo C,Di Blasi R,Skert C,Candoni A,Martino B,Di Renzo N,Delia M,Ballanti S,Marchesi F,Mancini V,Orciuolo E,Cesaro S,Prezioso L,Fanci R,Nadali G,Chierichini A,Facchini L,Picardi M,Malagola M,Orlando V,Trecaric

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 10% of patients with polycythemia vera (PV) transform to acute leukemia (blast phase) at 10 years after initial diagnosis of PV. The bone marrow pathologic, cytogenetic, and molecular features of blast phase have not been well characterized. In this study, we reviewed 422 PV patients over a period of 11 ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hidalgo López JE,Carballo-Zarate A,Verstovsek S,Wang SA,Hu S,Li S,Xu J,Zuo W,Tang Z,Yin CC,Medeiros LJ,Bueso-Ramos CE,Tang G

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy remains regarding the transplant outcomes of human leukocyte antigen-identical related bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) for the treatment of patients with hematological malignancies. To provide an estimate of the effect of BMT and PBSCT on clinical ou...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Chang YJ,Weng CL,Sun LX,Zhao YT

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is characterised by a transient or persistent decrease in platelets accompanied by an increased risk of bleeding, which can have a significant negative impact on patients' health-related quality of life. The condition has long been associated with an increased rate of immune-mediated plat...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kühne T,Imbach P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections and especially blood stream infections (BSI) with gram-negative bacteria (GNB) represent a major threat for patients with hematological diseases undergoing chemotherapy and mainly contribute to morbidity and mortality. In this retrospective single-center study, we analyzed the impact of BSI with different g...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Scheich S,Weber S,Reinheimer C,Wichelhaus TA,Hogardt M,Kempf VAJ,Kessel J,Serve H,Steffen B

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amifostine increases in vitro burst-forming unit-erythroid and colony-forming unit-granulocyte/granulcoyte-macrophage cultured from bone-marrow cells from patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Several small clinical studies give divergent informations about the potential of amifostine as single agent to improv...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hofmann WK,Seipelt G,Ottmann OG,Kalina U,Koschmieder S,Brücher J,Frickhofen N,Klausmann M,Mitrou PS,Hoelzer D

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiresistant bacterial infections are a potentially life-threatening condition in acute leukaemia (AL) patients. We aimed to better define the very recent epidemiology and outcome of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in a real-life setting. We prospectively collected all consecutive febrile/infectious episodes occurring...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Cattaneo C,Zappasodi P,Mancini V,Annaloro C,Pavesi F,Skert C,Ferrario A,Todisco E,Saccà V,Verga L,Passi A,Da Vià M,Ferrari S,Mometto G,Petullà M,Nosari A,Rossi G

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with heterogeneous outcomes. Progression or relapse of FL within 2 years (so-called POD24) after diagnosis is associated with a poor outcome for patients treated with R-CHOP (rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) in clinica...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Sortais C,Lok A,Tessoulin B,Gastinne T,Mahé B,Dubruille V,Blin N,Touzeau C,Moreau A,Bossard C,Peterlin P,Garnier A,Guillaume T,Le Bourgeois A,Chevallier P,Moreau P,Leux C,Le Gouill S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) benefit from newborn screening, because life-threatening complications can be prevented by pre-symptomatic diagnosis. In Germany, the immigration of people from endemic countries is steadily growing. Comprehensive data about the epidemiology and prevalence of SCD in Germany are ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kunz JB,Awad S,Happich M,Muckenthaler L,Lindner M,Gramer G,Okun JG,Hoffmann GF,Bruckner T,Muckenthaler MU,Kulozik AE

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard conditioning for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation induces high transplant-related mortality (TRM) in patients with a poor performance status. Less intensive regimens have been tested to reduce the TRM; our purpose was to evaluate the feasibility and tolerability of a new combination: thiotepa and fludar...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Alessandrino EP,Bernasconi P,Colombo AA,Caldera D,Bonfichi M,Pagnucco G,Malcovati L,Varettoni M,Lazzarino M,Bernasconi C

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some instances, because of the lack of mass formation and the absence of prominent lymph node enlargement, diagnosis of lymphoma-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (LAHS) is difficult, which results in the development of progressive disease with unfavorable prognosis. Therefore, in the diagnosis of secondary hemoph...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Tabata C,Tabata R

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Co-inheritance of triplicated α-genes can alter the clinical and hematological phenotypes of β-thalassemias. We evaluated the phenotypic diversity and transfusion requirements in β-thalassemia heterozygotes, homozygotes, and normal individuals with associated α-gene triplication. Clinical and hematological evaluation ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Mehta PR,Upadhye DS,Sawant PM,Gorivale MS,Nadkarni AH,Shanmukhaiah C,Ghosh K,Colah RB

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last few years, new insights into the biology of mantle cell lymphoma have been obtained. However, with a median survival of only 3 years, mantle cell lymphoma remains the lymphoma subtype with the poorest prognosis. At initial diagnosis most patients present with advanced Ann Arbor stage III or IV and conv...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Lenz G,Dreyling M,Hiddemann W

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate whether metabolic tumor volume (MTV) by positron emission tomography (PET) can be a potential prognostic tool when compared with Ann Arbor stage, in stages II and III nodal diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). We evaluated 169 patients with nodal stages II and III DLBCL...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Song MK,Chung JS,Shin HJ,Lee SM,Lee SE,Lee HS,Lee GW,Kim SJ,Lee SM,Chung DS

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-year-old man developed pneumonitis while on chlorambucil therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, with a cumulative dose of 2700 mg. The condition improved promptly with the discontinuation of the drug and initiation of steroids. A case report and review of the literature are presented in this paper. ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Khong HT,McCarthy J

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00