Improvement in hematopoiesis after iron chelation therapy with deferasirox in patients with aplastic anemia.

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：:Primary lymphoma of the female genital tract is very rare. We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who was referred to our hospital because of an indeterminate Pap smear test. The colposcopy showed a thickening of the posterior vaginal wall and various irregular ulcerated nodular lesions. Histological examination, i...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Guastafierro S,Tedeschi A,Criscuolo C,Celentano M,Cobellis L,Rossiello R,Falcone U

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum IgG, IgM and IgA were determined in 25 patients with homozygous beta thalassemia and 7 with the trait. The levels were increased in homozygous patients and increased further after splenectomy. Serum opsonic activity against Salmonella typhi and staphylococci was impaired in homozygous patients. Splenectomy cause...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Khalifa AS,Fattah SA,Maged Z,Sabry F,Mohamed HA

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is an interferon (IFN)-induced molecule with apoptotic activity. We examined gene mutations in the death domains of TRAIL receptor 1 (TRAIL-R1) and TRAIL receptor 2 (TRAIL-R2), and in the TRAIL gene promoter in 46 chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patien...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Liu LG,Tanaka H,Ito K,Ito T,Sultana TA,Kyo T,Kimura A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient regression in the lymphocyte count of a patient with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) after viral infection is reported. A similar event occurred under natural interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) treatment. It was confirmed that the event was not caused by a direct cytotoxic effect of IFN-alpha by analyz...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Shirono K,Ikebe M,Inada T,Tsuda H

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old woman with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, who underwent splenectomy 1 year after the diagnosis, experienced spontaneous hematologic remission 6 years after splenectomy. Ten months before her anemia improved, peripheral leukocytes no longer showed a shift to the left and peripheral erythroblasts had disapp...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Shimizu K,Hotta T

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticosteroid hormones have been reported either to stimulate or to inhibit human erythropoiesis. We have studied the in vitro effect of hydrocortisone, 10(-6) mol/l, on human BFU-E when stimulated by preconstituted burst-promoting activity (BPA) in a medium conditioned by T lymphocytes. Hydrocortisone was found...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Morra L,Ponassi A,Moccia F,Mela GS,Ponassi I,Bessone G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unstable haemoglobin, Tb Torino (alpha43(CD1)Phe replaced by Val), has been found for the second time in a family from the Treviso region of Italy. The haemoglobin has a slightly lower oxygen affinity than normal. In both cases, the abnormal haemoglobin is associated with inclusion body anaemia but the course of t...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Sansone G,Sciarratta GV,Lang A,Lorkin PA,Lehmann H

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy (AILD) with important autoimmune symptoms disappearing under Levamisole therapy is reported. Since Levamisole is thought to have no direct effect on B cells, it is supposed that in AILD it regulates B lymphocyte activity via the restoration of impaired T cell functions. ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Andrieu JM,Youinou P,Herzog C

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we evaluated efficacy of repeated antilymphocyte globulin (ALG) treatment for patients with severe aplastic anemia not responding to an initial ALG treatment or relapsing after initial response to ALG. We now searched in the same cohort of patients for differences between patients who responded to...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Viollier R,Tichelli A

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:The plasma cortisol levels of 108 children aged 1-16 years with various Hb genotypes (AA, AS and SS) were measured. The mean plasma cortisol levels of both the AS and SS groups (during steady state) fell within the normal range but the mean of the SS group is significantly lower than the AA group. In fact, 9 of the si...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Osifo BO,Lukanmbi FA,Adekile A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cutaneous inflammatory response in patients with Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas was investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy and compared with that of healthy subjects at 24 and 48 h. Both groups of patients showed a reduction in overall cellularity and statistically significant differences in...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Sokol RJ,Durrant TE,Hudson G

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While sickle cell disease (SCD) is generally mild in most Kuwaitis, because of their elevated fetal Hb levels, avascular necrosis of the femoral head (AVNFH) appears to be a common complication. It was recently documented in 26.7% of Kuwaiti children with SCD. There have, however, been no previous studies of adult pat...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Marouf R,Gupta R,Haider MZ,Al-Wazzan H,Adekile AD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adherence to tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment is a significant factor in the achievement of a good clinical response in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The aim of this retrospective study is to investigate 1- and 2-year medication adherence to imatinib treatment, linking adherence rates with the clinical o...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Santoleri F,Lasala R,Ranucci E,La Barba G,Di Lorenzo R,Vetrò A,Di Bartolomeo P,Costantini A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the iron status of 50 Sicilian patients with G6PD deficiency under steady-state conditions and compared our results with those for 50 control patients. We studied haemolysis and iron indices to evaluate the iron balance. These patients could be considered to be at risk of iron overload as a result of incr...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Ragusa R,Di Cataldo A,Gangarossa S,Lo Nigro L,Schilirò G

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old Japanese woman with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and t(6;9) received peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT). Although chromosomal studies just prior to and following PBSCT showed a normal karyotype, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detected the mRNA derived from th...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Nakano H,Shimamoto Y,Suga K,Kobayashi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hairy-cell leukaemia (HCL) cell line, HCL-O, was established from the peripheral blood of a 62-year-old Japanese patient with a unique variant of HCL strongly expressing CD21, the receptor for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). The HCL-O cells expressed antigens similar and dissimilar to those expressed with the original...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Tokioka T,Shimamoto Y,Nagumo F,Tadano J,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) clonogenic marrow cell culture studies have demonstrated intrinsic hemopoietic stem cell and progenitor cell abnormalities consistent with these disorders representing clonal hemopathies. Abnormal responsiveness of these cells to stimulatory and inhibitory growth factors indicate...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Greenberg PL

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:The effect of total-body cold exposure on plasma concentrations of von Willebrand factor (vWF), endothelin-1 (ET) and thrombomodulin (TM), all of which are considered to be generated from the endothelium, was studied in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with and without Raynaud's phenomenon. The plasma level...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Matsuda J,Tsukamoto M,Gohchi K,Saitoh N,Miyajima Y,Kazama M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of 56 patients with acute leukaemia, the relation between leukaemic cell motility and peripheral leukaemic cell count, degree of organomegaly, maturation and FAB classification was investigated. Cell motility was studied by means of directly observed motility and scoring of handmirror cells and anti-HLA-cap...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： van der Weide M,Imandt LM,Langenhuijsen MM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-year-old woman with Bence-Jones multiple myeloma (MM) presented with several osteolytic lesions and a massive bone marrow infiltration with mature plasmocytes. After 6 cycles of chemotherapy with melphalan and prednisone, the patient, in apparent clinical remission, underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantatio...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Gallamini A,Buffa F,Bacigalupo A,Van Lint MT,Peralvo J,Pittaluga PA,Occhini D,Marmont AM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automated cytochemistry by the Hemalog D carries out leukocyte differential counts in a continuous flow mode on whole blood EDTA-collected samples, through the optical measurement of enzyme activity and cell size. This operative principle thus parallels the basis of the FAB classification of acute leukemias. Although ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： d'Onofrio G,Mango G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of hemoglobin A(2) (HbA(2)) are present in most beta-thalassemia carriers. The mechanism of this effect is not understood, although the increase may result from transcriptional and posttranscriptional changes. In the present study, we quantitate delta-globin mRNA levels in peripheral-blood-enriched re...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Huang SZ,Zeng FY,Chen MJ,Ren ZR,Shen M,Rodgers GP,Schechter AN,Zeng YT

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) varies a great deal from one population to another. We have undertaken to compare the aspects of CLL in Maghreb and Europe through two series of comparable importance, studied during the same period and under similar conditions in Algiers and Amiens. This comparison ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Bellabes S,Hamman P,Desablens B,Colonna P,Messerschmitt J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) down-regulation by preferentially expressed antigen of melanoma (PRAME) is a general phenomenon in different types of solid tumours, but research on the correlation between PRAME and TRAIL gene expression in leukaemia patients is rare. METHO...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Zhang W,Chi K,Zhang Y,Ma B,Shi J,Chen Y,Lei P,Li Y,Sun K

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：:Natural killer (NK) cell activity against K562 cell targets and the distribution of T cell subpopulations were investigated in the peripheral blood of 25 patients affected by beta thalassemia major, 18 clinically healthy heterozygotes, and 25 age-matched normal subjects. It was found that thalassemia major patients di...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Neri A,Brugiatelli M,Iacopino P,Callea V,Ronco F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00