Bone marrow histological modifications induced by alpha interferon in hairy cell leukemia.

abstract：:Amylase-producing tumors are mainly adenocarcinomas and, in rare instances, multiple myelomas. We describe here a first case of amylase-producing Bence Jones type myeloma with pancreatitis-like symptoms and the second in a Caucasian patient. The finding of salivary-type hyperamylasemia in a 72-year-old female with a p...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Lopez J,Ulibarrena C,Gonzalez-Porque P,Navas G,Roldan E,Cancelas JA,Perez-Oteyza J,Burgaleta C,García-Laraña J,Sastre JL

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytic activity of leukaemic blasts in 20 adults and 16 children suffering from acute leukaemia was studied in vitro by the use of ferrioxidsaccharate. Most frequently phagocytosing blasts were encountered in myelomonocytic leukaemias. The morphological character of positive blasts resembled often that of monocyto...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Neuwirtová R,Setková O,Housková J,Poch T,Dorazilová V,Donner L

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:Autophagy is crucial for the survival and function of plasma cells including protection from toxic misfolded immunoglobulin and proper energy metabolism. Multiple myeloma (MM) is an indolent but eventually fatal neoplasm of plasma cells. Autophagy may play a critical role in the survival of MM cells and...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Jung G,Roh J,Lee H,Gil M,Yoon DH,Suh C,Jang S,Park CJ,Huh J,Park CS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) are a potentially life-threatening complication of immunosuppression in transplant recipients. The majority of cases are Epstein-Barr virus-associated lesions of B cell origin. T cell PTLD is rare, particularly in pediatric patients. We present an unusual case of mon...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Kraus TS,Twist CJ,Tan BT

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia is unsatisfactory in adults due to disease and patient-related factors and probably because adult chemotherapy regimens are weaker than pediatric protocols. Worries about inadequacy of adult regimens urged many hematologists, including us, to reconsider their routine treatment...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Buyukasik Y,Acar K,Kelkitli E,Uz B,Serefhanoglu S,Ozdemir E,Pamukcuoglu M,Atay H,Bektas O,Sucak GT,Turgut M,Aksu S,Yagci M,Sayınalp N,Ozcebe OI,Goker H,Haznedaroglu IC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercalcemia in malignancies is a frequent complication, mostly affecting patients with solid tumors or multiple myeloma. Calcium elevation is induced by direct bone infiltration of a tumor mass or through calcium liberation from the skeleton by a humoral mediator. The latter mechanism is referred to as humoral hyper...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Kampfenkel T,Baraniskin A,Teschendorf C,Schmiegel W,Massenkeil G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia (NTDT) is associated with various forms of thalassemia and genetic modifiers. We report the molecular basis of NTDT in hemoglobin (Hb) E-β-thalassemia disease. This study was done in 73 adult patients encountered at the prenatal diagnosis center of Khon Kaen University, Northeast ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Yamsri S,Pakdee N,Fucharoen G,Sanchaisuriya K,Fucharoen S

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factor VIII (FVIII) inhibitor antibodies are produced against functional epitopes of FVIII in about 30% of severe hemophilia A patients leading to inhibition of its procoagulant activity. The Bethesda assay, the most commonly used method to measure FVIII inhibitors, based on inhibition of coagulant activity of FVIII, ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Towfighi F,Gharagozlou S,Sharifian RA,Kazemnejad A,Esmailzadeh K,Managhchi MR,Shokri F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Thalassemia is a group of hereditary hemoglobinopathies caused by decreased or absent synthesis of α and/or β globin chains. Studies have shown that hypercoagulability and thrombosis are common clinical symptoms in β-thalassemia, especially β-thalassemia intermedia, but little is known about in α-thalassemia...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Chansai S,Fucharoen S,Fucharoen G,Jetsrisuparb A,Chumpia W

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunologic abnormalities have been described in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, including autoimmune hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenic purpura. The concurrent diagnoses of Hodgkin lymphoma and acquired aplastic anemia, however, is extremely rare. We report a 56-year-old Japanese female patient with severe ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Saitoh T,Matsushima T,Yamane A,Sakuraya M,Irisawa H,Yokohama A,Handa H,Tsukamoto N,Karasawa M,Nojima Y,Murakami H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have made a major contribution to the evidence-based management of infections in cancer patients. We review the contribution of systematic reviews with regard to antibiotic, antifungal, antiviral and Pneumocystis pneumonia prophylaxis; antibiotic and antifungal treatment of febrile...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Paul M,Gafter-Gvili A,Goldberg E,Yahav D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BCR-ABL fusion gene represents the hallmark of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and is derived from a translocation between chromosome 9 and 22. The majority of CML patients have a breakpoint in the major BCR region of the BCR gene giving rise to e13a2 or e14a2 BCR-ABL transcripts. Occasionally, other BCR breakp...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Vefring HK,Gruber FX,Wee L,Hovland R,Hjorth-Hansen H,Gedde Dahl T,Meyer P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant DNA polymorphisms have been reported in the beta-globin gene cluster of epsilon-G gamma-A gamma-psi beta-delta-beta-gene region, in normal (Hb AA) individuals and in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA). Investigations of the extent of the DNA polymorphisms in the beta A- and beta S-globin gene cluster ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： el-Hazmi MA,Bahakim HM,Warsy AS

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:A 29-year-old man with acute myelomonocytic leukemia had an initial leukocyte count of 192 X 10(9) cells/l and 84% blasts. During the initial treatment with hydroxyurea, 1 g/m2 orally tid, he developed pulmonary leukostasis which responded rapidly to whole-lung radiation with 1.5 Gy in one fraction. Pulmonary leukosta...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： von Eyben FE,Siddiqui MZ,Spanos G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Afibrinogenaemia in a female Saudi child is reported. Two siblings died of bleeding. The parents, who are first cousins, a brother and two sisters are asymptomatic heterozygotes with fibrinogen levels of less than 1.5 g/l. The presentation was described and compared to other cases reported. ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Elseed FA,Karrar ZA

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 83 children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) the immunological phenotype of the lymphoblasts was determined using E rosetting, monoclonal anti-T cell sera, surface immunoglobulin staining and common ALL antiserum. The data were compared with acid alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE) and acid phosphatase (...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Veerman AJ,Huismans DR,van Zantwijk CH

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residues 124 and 125 of the beta-chain of human haemoglobin are prolyl-prolyl. In the delta-chain, one of these positions is occupied by a glutaminyl, and there has been uncertainty as to which of the two residues is the prolyl and which the glutaminyl. The sequence has now been established to be delta124 Pro - 125 Gl...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Lehmann H,Casey R

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma (B-CLL) patient with an adrenocortical adenoma. He was treated initially with oral cyclophosphamide and prednisolone for 2 months, followed by low-dose prednisolone for an additional 2 years, which resulted in the prompt disappearance of CLL cells. After a per...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Adachi Y,Adachi M,Hinoda Y,Fukushima H,Takahashi T,Imai K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the 193 patients (82 female, 111 male) treated primarily for Hodgkin's disease at our clinic between 1990 and 2001 and followed up until 2003, 42 (22%) had mediastinal bulky tumours (MBTs) by the Cotswolds criteria. The rate of MBT diagnosis was significantly greater in the early stage of the disease, these pati...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Keresztes K,Lengyel Z,Devenyi K,Vadasz G,Miltenyi Z,Illes A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), hypereosinophilic syndrome and t(5;14) (q31.1;q32.3) translocation is described. Even with intensive treatment only short periods of complete remission were achieved. Recurrence of the leukaemia was always accompanied by the appearance of eosinophilic granuloc...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Baumgarten E,Wegner RD,Fengler R,Ludwig WD,Schulte-Overberg U,Domeyer C,Schüürmann J,Henze G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential thrombocythemia (ET), one of the chronic myeloproliferative disorders, is a clonal disorder of multipotent stem cells. Although most patients with ET have a prolonged benign course, a minority of patients may develop a blastic crisis similar to chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). A case of ET terminating in ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Shibata K,Shimamoto Y,Suga K,Sano M,Matsuzaki M,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：: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：:A diester lipase activity is described in human red blood cells (RBC). Diester lipase activity acts as a membrane-bound enzyme and is assayed using intact RBC as the enzyme source. An emulsion of di-[3H]-oleoylglycerol (0.6 mM) serves as the substrate. The optimum pH for the reaction is 7.8 at 37 degrees C. Lipolytic ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Somma C,Arnaud J,Boyer J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria parasites growing inside human erythrocytes differ from mammalian cells in their mode of acquisition of bioavailable iron and in their susceptibility to the antiproliferative action of iron chelators. We have assessed here three major properties associated with these phenomena: (a) the stage-dependent nature o...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Cabantchik ZI,Glickstein H,Golenser J,Loyevsky M,Tsafack A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human urinary erythropoietin has been purified to homogeneity. The seven-step procedure yielded a preparation with a potency of 225,000 U/mg protein. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analysis of the purified hormone revealed a single protein band with a molecular weight of about 35,000 that migrated with the bio...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Matsushita J,Kawakita M,Shibuya K,Koishihara Y,Sakaguchi M,Takatsuki A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation process of leukemic myelomonocytoid cells derived from peripheral blood of two typical cases of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia was investigated in vitro. In both cases, liquid culture of the leukemic cells in the presence or absence of 12-o-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate yielded either monocyte-macro...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Takuwa N,Kanegasaki S,Asano S,Tomita T,Nakayama E,Sato N,Shinohara T,Miwa S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of rapidly binding coagulation factor inhibitors from antiphospholipid antibodies is a challenge for the hemostaseologic laboratory, especially with respect to the different therapeutic consequences. Several immunological and functional assays for the diagnosis of these disorders have been proposed. He...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Steinbrueckner B,Steigerwald U,Keller F,Ordung R,Neuenroth L,Reuther J,Klinker H,Schwender S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00