Acute but not chronic graft-versus-host disease is associated with a reduction of circulating CD4(+)CD25 (high)CD127 (low/-) regulatory T cells.

abstract：:Interferon-α (IFNα) was the first effective drug therapy for hairy cell leukemia (HCL). Nowadays, it is used as an alternative treatment in selected patients. Due to unlimited treatment time, monitoring and early prediction of response are important. Moreover, IFNα is used in the therapy of chronic hepatitis C, where ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Jud S,Goede JS,Senn O,Spanaus K,Manz MG,Benz R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on clinical features and outcome in pediatric follicular lymphoma (pFL) are scarce. The aim of this retrospective study including 13 EICNHL and/or i-BFM study group members was to assess clinical characteristics and course in a series of 63 pFL patients. pFL was found to be associated with male gender (3:1), olde...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Attarbaschi A,Beishuizen A,Mann G,Rosolen A,Mori T,Uyttebroeck A,Niggli F,Csoka M,Krenova Z,Mellgren K,Kabickova E,Chiang AK,Reiter A,Williams D,Burkhardt B,European Intergroup for Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (EICNHL) an

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of chronic idiopathic neutropenia of adults (CINA) among an apparently healthy population born and living on the island of Crete. The study was carried out with 778 subjects, 392 men aged 16-78 years (median 43 years) and 386 women aged 15-79 years (median...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Papadaki HA,Xylouri I,Coulocheri S,Kalmanti M,Kafatos A,Eliopoulos GD

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients older than 75 years old with multiple myeloma (MM) have shorter survival and are usually treated differently from what features in clinical trials. In this study, the authors characterized the Portuguese population of MM patients above 75 years old, treated between 2009 and 2016. We compared the outcomes obta...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： João C,Bergantim R,Neves M,Chacim S,Afonso C,Barradas J,Bernardo M,Coelho H,Esteves G,Fraga C,Geraldes C,Gonçalves C,Jorge A,Macedo A,Mendonça T,Moreira A,Roque A,Sarmento AB,Trigo F,Vitória H,Esteves S,Lúcio P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several revisions of International Prognostic Index (IPI) have been proposed for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) after the introduction of rituximab. Expanding evidence suggests that baseline absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) is also an independent factor for outcome prediction. We investigated the o...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Huang YC,Liu CY,Lu HJ,Liu HT,Hung MH,Hong YC,Hsiao LT,Gau JP,Liu JH,Hsu HC,Chiou TJ,Chen PM,Tzeng CH,Yu YB

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSC) may derive from the malignant clone in hematological malignancies (HM) is a controversial issue. In order to clarify hMSC origin and disclose possible cytogenetic heterogeneity in hMSC belonging to different patients, bone marrow (BM)-derived hMSC samples fro...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Campioni D,Bardi MA,Cavazzini F,Tammiso E,Pezzolo E,Pregnolato E,Volta E,Cuneo A,Lanza F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the widespread use of immunosuppressive drugs, CMV infection is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with haematological malignancies worldwide. The aim of the study was to retrospectively analyse the epidemiology of CMV infection in haematological patients. Between 2008 a...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Piukovics K,Terhes G,Gurbity-Pálfi T,Bereczki Á,Rárosi F,Deák J,Borbényi Z,Urbán E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) express prothrombinase following stimulation with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS-stimulated PBMC devoid of contaminating platelets failed to activate prothrombin directly. Addition of platelets did not result in expression of prothrombina...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Pejler G,Geczy CL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parainfluenza virus (PIV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in hematologic malignancy patients including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT) recipients. However, limited information is available for risk stratification in PIV-infected patients with hematologic malignancy...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Lee J,Jung J,Kim MJ,Chong YP,Lee SO,Choi SH,Kim YS,Woo JH,Choi EJ,Park HS,Lee JH,Lee JH,Lee KH,Kim SH

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric MALT lymphoma is closely associated with Helicobacter pylori infection. Bacterial eradication therapy comprising clarithromycin is the first-line treatment in gastric MALT lymphoma patients. However, antimicrobial resistance to clarithromycin has been increasing in Europe, and thus far, it has not been examine...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Bilgilier C,Simonitsch-Klupp I,Kiesewetter B,Raderer M,Dolak W,Makristathis A,Steininger C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematologic malignancy. Bronchoscopy is at present still the traditional first investigation in immunosuppressed patients that have developed pulmonary infiltrates. There is limited data available on the validity of fiberoptic bronchosc...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kim SW,Rhee CK,Kang HS,Lee HY,Kang JY,Kim SJ,Kim SC,Lee SY,Kim YK,Lee JW

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The present paper summarizes the results of the second German consensus meeting on immunogenetic donor search for allotransplantation of hematopoietic stem cells held in Essen in November 1999 under the auspices of the German Society for Immunogenetics (DGI) and the German Working Party for Blood and Marrow Transplant...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ottinger HD,Müller CR,Goldmann SF,Albert E,Arnold R,Beelen DW,Blasczyk R,Bunjes D,Casper J,Ebell W,Ehninger G,Eiermann T,Einsele H,Fauser A,Ferencik S,Finke J,Hertenstein B,Heyll A,Klingebiel T,Knipper A,Kremens B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia who showed disseminated papules and nodules. Arguments in favor of leukemia cutis are the clinical appearance, the cyclic pattern with which the lesions appeared and disappeared, and the histologic features. The lesions reproducibly responded to treatment with ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Wintzen M,Kluin PM,den Ottolander GJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycythemia vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by overproduction of red blood cells. We have performed a comprehensive characterization of blood immune cells for expression of naïve and memory receptors as well as β2m-associated and β2m-free MHC class I heavy chains, also known as closed and ope...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Cardoso EM,Esgalhado AJ,Patrão L,Santos M,Neves VP,Martinez J,Patto MAV,Silva H,Arosa FA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been suggested that human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) could be used to repair numerous injured tissues. We have studied the potential use of hMSC to limit radiation-induced skin lesions. Immunodeficient NOD/SCID mice were locally irradiated to the leg (30 Gy, dose rate 2.7 Gy/min) using a (60)Co source to ind...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： François S,Mouiseddine M,Mathieu N,Semont A,Monti P,Dudoignon N,Saché A,Boutarfa A,Thierry D,Gourmelon P,Chapel A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) remains the only curative treatment option for myelofibrosis (MF) despite the emergence of novel targeted therapies. To reduce graft rejection and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), current allo-HCT protocols often include in vivo T lymphocyte depletion using pol...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ecsedi M,Schmohl J,Zeiser R,Drexler B,Halter J,Medinger M,Duyster J,Kanz L,Passweg J,Finke J,Bethge W,Lengerke C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 23-year-old female with severe neurologic dysfunction without a clear cause at the time of initial presentation. The search for an underlying malignancy revealed a slightly enlarged cervical lymph node with Hodgkin's disease (HD). There was no evidence of a brain tumor despite nonspecific brigh...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kalinka E,Robak T,Wrzesien-Kus A,Krykowski E,Warzocha K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is a therapeutic option for relapsed, advanced, and otherwise incurable non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) suggested by the existence of a graft-versus-lymphoma effect. The main complications are graft-versus-host disease and infections. We performed a retrospec...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Picleanu AM,Novelli S,Monter A,Garcia-Cadenas I,Caballero AC,Martino R,Esquirol A,Briones J,Sierra J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate whether the well-known high anemia prevalence in pregnant women from the eastern Mediterranean and Asian regions decreased when the women immigrated to a low-frequency region (Denmark). During 70 months, 1,741 pregnant immigrant women referred from primary care to an obligatory ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Nybo M,Friis-Hansen L,Felding P,Milman N

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin K2 induces differentiation of leukemic cell lines and apoptosis of immature blasts in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). We recently reported a case of MDS-refractory anemia (MDS-RA) with trilineage hematologic response to oral administration of menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analog. To determine a possible role of ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Takami A,Asakura H,Nakao S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients who were carriers of beta-thalassemia induced by the cd121 (G-->T) mutation are described in four nonrelated Dutch families. This mutant, which is considered rare and inherited in a dominant manner, is expressed in a different way among each of the four families and even among carriers of the same famil...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Giordano PC,Harteveld CL,Michiels JJ,Terpstra W,Schelfhout LJ,Appel IM,Batelaan D,van Delft P,Plug RJ,Bernini LF

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since December 2019, a novel coronavirus has spread throughout China and across the world, causing a continuous increase in confirmed cases within a short period of time. Some studies reported cases of thrombocytopenia, but hardly any studies mentioned how the virus causes thrombocytopenia. We propose several mechanis...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Xu P,Zhou Q,Xu J

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is a rare systemic lymphoproliferative disorder with too few patient series reported in the literature to have a clear idea about the etiology, outcome and the best treatment available. Systemic reactive amyloidosis is a very rare complication of MCD and its presence worsens the ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Gholam D,Vantelon JM,Al-Jijakli A,Bourhis JH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is the drug of choice for immunosuppressive therapy (IST) in patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) ineligible for allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Recently, rabbit ATG with cyclosporine A has been used as a first-line IST regimen in patients with SAA because of unavailability of ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Shin SH,Yoon JH,Yahng SA,Lee SE,Cho BS,Eom KS,Kim YJ,Lee S,Min CK,Kim HJ,Cho SG,Kim DW,Min WS,Park CW,Lee JW

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods to estimate bone marrow plasma cells (BMPC) basically include histopathology, cytomorphology, and flow cytometry. The present study compares the outcomes of these methods with special focus on the impact of BMPC-specific characteristics on their recovery by either method. Laboratory reports of diagnostic sampl...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Demyanets S,Kaider A,Simonitsch-Klupp I,Bayer G,Subasic A,Thalhammer R,Esterbauer H,Krauth MT,Agis H,Reiter T,Schwarzinger I

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient was initially diagnosed as having non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and was cured following treatment with prednisolone, vincristine, daunorubicin, 1-asparaginase, and cyclophosphamide. Seven years and two months later, he developed osteosarcoma in his right femur. He received chemotherapy consisting of methotrexate,...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kubota M,Sawada M,Watanabe K,Koishi S,Kataoka A,Usami I,Lin YW,Okuda A,Akiyama Y,Furusho K

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron status, i.e. serum ferritin and haemoglobin (Hb) levels, was assessed in a population survey in 1994 (Dan-Monica 10) comprising 1319 Caucasian Danish women in age cohorts of 40, 50, 60 and 70 years. In the entire series, ferritin levels increased significantly from 40 years to 60 years of age. The prevalence of s...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Milman N,Byg KE,Ovesen L

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis was conducted in four members of the same family, two of whom had a history of severe bleeding associated with type 2B von Willebrand's disease (VWD) which, although found to be due to the same mutation, nevertheless exhibited different phenotype patterns in the two subjects involved. Von Willebrand's fact...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Rendal E,Penas N,Larrabeiti B,Pérez A,Vale A,López-Fernández MF,Batlle J

更新日期：2001-06-01 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