The prognostic value of serum erythropoietin in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes: a review of the literature and expert opinion.

abstract：:Monoclonal immunoglobulin, as a marker for monoclonal gammopathy, is evaluated by protein electrophoresis (PEP) and immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE). However, PEP and IFE are not satisfactory in sensitivity, objectivity, and facility. Recently, a highly sensitive, automated immunoassay for measurement of free ligh...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kang SY,Suh JT,Lee HJ,Yoon HJ,Lee WI

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improvement in quality of life and survival occurred among thalassemia major (TM) patients: pregnancy in such patients has become a reality. Safe pregnancy and delivery require efforts to ensure the best outcomes. Between 2007 and 2016, 30 TM patients had 37 pregnancies. We analyzed the hematological parameters bef...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Cassinerio E,Baldini IM,Alameddine RS,Marcon A,Borroni R,Ossola W,Taher A,Cappellini MD

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a large proportion of patients with mild bleeding disorders (MBDs) no diagnosis can be established by routine coagulation tests. We investigated whether alterations in plasma clot properties account for MBDs of unknown cause. Ninety-five patients with MBDs of unknown origin and 98 age- and sex-matched healthy contr...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Gebhart J,Laczkovics C,Posch F,Ay C,Reitter-Pfoertner SE,Haslacher H,Muszbek L,Wolberg AS,Pabinger I

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies suggest that haploinsufficiency is involved in the pathogenesis of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). In patients with del5q cytogenetic abnormality, RPS-14 and microRNAs (miRNAs) play a major role. In a multicenter phase II single-arm trial with lenalidomide in anemic primary del5q MDS patients with lo...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Oliva EN,Cuzzola M,Aloe Spiriti MA,Poloni A,Laganà C,Rigolino C,Morabito F,Galimberti S,Ghio R,Cortelezzi A,Palumbo GA,Sanpaolo G,Finelli C,Ricco A,Volpe A,Rodà F,Breccia M,Alimena G,Nobile F,Latagliata R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for the role of chronic antigenic stimulation (CS) in the development of cancer. Clinical data, however, are rare as is the information on outcome. In this study, the occurrence of chronic infections (CI) and autoimmune diseases (AI) in patients with malignant lymphoma at diagnosis was ass...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Vanura K,Späth F,Gleiss A,Le T,Porpaczy E,Skrabs C,Hauswirth A,Fleiss K,Wessely F,Gaiger A,Müllauer L,Jäger U

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes six Indian families in which silent-gene beta-thalassemia was encountered by us in the past 2 years. This stresses the importance of globin-chain synthesis in the diagnosis of beta-thalassemia. Of these six cases, five were diagnosed retrospectively when they had a homozygous beta-thalassemia offs...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Nadkarni A,Pawar A,Mudera VC,Mohanty D,Colah R

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevation of echocardiography-determined tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity (TRV) predicts high systolic pulmonary artery pressure. The present study tested the hypotheses that elevated tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity is associated with both hemolysis and hypoxia and abnormal 6-min walk test (6MWT) results. This st...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Agha H,El Tagui M,El Ghamrawy M,Abdel Hady M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with painful peripheral neuropathy is presented, whose symptoms were thought to result from an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Investigations of the cerebrospinal fluid for signs of inflammation and borrelial antibodies were negative, and the patient did not benefit from repeated antibiotic t...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Behringer D,Spyridonidis A,Fetscher S,Schmitt-Gräff A,Högerle S,Kaiser R

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While much has been learned about the basic immunology and clinical characteristics of immune thrombocytopenia, many important questions remain with regard to pathogenesis, disease progression, identification of novel therapeutic targets and approaches, and clinical trials that rationalize and optimize use of existing...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Zehnder JL,Semple JW,Imbach P,Neufeld EJ,Buchanan GR,Cines DB,ICIS Study Group on Future Research in ITP.

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain insight into the natural history of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection following unrelated cord blood transplantation (UCBT) in seropositive patients, we analyzed the data of 349 seropositive patients who received UCBT in Korea between 2000 and 2011. CMV reactivation occurred in 49 % (171/349) of the CMV-seroposi...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Park M,Lee YH,Lee SH,Yoo KH,Sung KW,Koo HH,Lee JW,Kang HJ,Park KD,Shin HY,Ahn HS,Lee JW,Chung NG,Cho B,Kim HK,Koh KN,Im HJ,Seo JJ,Baek HJ,Kook H,Hwang TJ,Lee JM,Hah JO,Lim YJ,Park JE,Lyu CJ,Lim YT,Ch

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), a disease of mostly young patients, also peaks in the elderly. Despite the profound improvement in the outcome of young patients, in the elderly, 5-year progression-free survival (PFS) rates are under 70%. Interim PET-CT (iPET) is known to be highly predictive for PFS in young HL patients, but i...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Bentur OS,Dann EJ,Paran E,Lavie D,Nachmias B,Ron Y,Dally N,Gutwein O,Herishanu Y,Sarid N,Avivi I,Perry C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of bone marrow involvement (BMI) by conventional bone marrow biopsy (BMB) can generate false-negative results if marrow disease is focal. The sensitivity of 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in assessing BMI in extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma (ENKL) h...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Zhou Z,Chen C,Li X,Li Z,Zhang X,Chang Y,Lu L,Cui Y,Ma Y,Zhang M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cases of erythrocytosis occur secondary to chronic tissue hypoxia or as a clonal disease such as polycythemia vera with somatic mutations in the Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) gene. Rarely, erythrocytosis is caused by hereditary gene mutations. This study investigated hereditary gene mutations in 38 unrelated Korean patie...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Jang JH,Seo JY,Jang J,Jung CW,Lee KO,Kim SH,Kim HJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic trioxide (As2O3) is a highly effective agent in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), whereas other hematopoietic tumors are less responsive to this agent and mechanisms underlying As2O3,-resistance are poorly understood. To better understand the complex network of GSH-related pathways in As2O3 ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Bernardini S,Nuccetelli M,Noguera NI,Bellincampi L,Lunghi P,Bonati A,Mann K,Miller WH Jr,Federici G,Lo Coco F

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present meta-analysis was undertaken to (1) assess erythroid response rates in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) patients treated with epoetin alfa as a monotherapy, (2) gain further insights into predictors of response rates, and (3) compare the erythroid response rates observed with epoetin alfa and darbepoetin al...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Moyo V,Lefebvre P,Duh MS,Yektashenas B,Mundle S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemoglobinopathies are a group of disorders passed down through families (inherited) in which there is abnormal production or structure of the hemoglobin molecule. They are among the most common inherited diseases around the world. Those that produce abnormal hemoglobin are called structural hemoglobinopathies whi...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： de la Fuente-Gonzalo F,Nieto JM,Villegas A,González FA,Martínez R,Ropero P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of recombinant human thrombopoietin (TPO, mpl ligand) on the megakaryocyte colony formation from control human bone marrow cells, human leukemia cells at diagnosis, and human bone marrow cells after induction chemotherapy for acute leukemias. In the control human bone marrow cells from four...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Liang DC,Shih LY,Kuo MC,Chen SH,Liu HC,Shimosaka A

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic chimerism can be used as a tool for patient management after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). An increase in the proportion of recipient cells after transplantation is strongly associated with relapse in chronic myeloid leukemia. However, in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) the sign...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Waterhouse M,Bertz H,Finke J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A particular case of marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (MZBCL) presenting with leukemic lymphocytes is reported. In the present observation, the leukemic cells not only displayed a remarkable morphological fluctuation but also had an unusual phenotype, changing with time. These phenotypic features, which have been functio...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Dargent JL,Delville JP,Kornreich A,Pradier O,Cochaux P,Velu T,Capel P,Feremans W,Neve P

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Less toxic and more active treatments are needed for indolent lymphomas as there is no curative treatment, and patients eventually die due to complications related to their disease. The purpose of the present study was to assess the antitumour activity of the combination of low doses of Enzastaurin and Lenalidomide (R...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Cosenza M,Civallero M,Grisendi G,Marcheselli L,Roat E,Bari A,Sacchi S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secondary central nervous system (CNS) involvement in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) includes an isolated CNS relapse or CNS involvement with systemic disease progression. This rare but fatal clinical problem still remains a therapeutic dilemma in the management of DLBCL. However, there are limited data about i...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kim SJ,Oh SY,Kim JS,Kim H,Lee GW,Won JH,Shin HJ,Yang DH,Choi CW,Park J,Kim WS,Suh C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological agents such as hydroxyurea (HU) have been known to cause induction of fetal hemoglobin and possibly may alleviate the symptoms in thalassemia intermedia patients. Thirty-seven patients with beta-thalassemia intermedia were enrolled to assess response to HU therapy. Major response was defined as transfu...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Dixit A,Chatterjee TC,Mishra P,Choudhry DR,Mahapatra M,Tyagi S,Kabra M,Saxena R,Choudhry VP

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) show a spectrum of disease characterized by varying proportions of low-grade and high-grade components. While the natural history and optimum treatment for low-grade gastric MALT lymphoma and DLBCL is well established, ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ang MK,Hee SW,Quek R,Yap SP,Loong S,Tan L,Tao M,Lim ST

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite high-dose chemotherapy and autografting, the outcome for patients with primary refractory Hodgkin's disease (HD) or multiple relapses remains unsatisfactory. Six pediatric patients (median age: 16 years, range: 11-19) received reduced intensity conditioning and allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplanta...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Claviez A,Klingebiel T,Beyer J,Nürnberger W,Ehninger G,Suttorp M,Dreger P,Dörffel W,Schmitz N

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to adult medicine, specific scoring systems predicting the treatment response for an individual pediatric patient (pt) with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have not yet been defined. We evaluated to what extend prognostic scores as described for adults (e.g., Sokal, Hasford, EUTOS score) resulted in compara...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Gurrea Salas D,Glauche I,Tauer JT,Thiede C,Suttorp M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia (AML-M7) is an uncommon disease, composing 0.5-1.2% of newly diagnosed adult acute myeloid leukaemias (AML). It is characterised by higher incidence and complexity of cytogenetic abnormalities. We report a rare case of Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome-positive AML-M7, presenting with extre...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Balatzenko G,Guenova M,Zechev J,Toshkov S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of relapse and primary progression in aggressive lymphoma remains unsatisfactory; outcome is still poor. Better treatment strategies are much needed for this patient population. The R1 study is a prospective multi-center phase I/II study evaluating a dose finding approach with a triple transplant regimen in ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hohloch K,Zeynalova S,Chapuy B,Pfreundschuh M,Loeffler M,Ziepert M,Feller AC,Trümper L,Hasenclever D,Wulf G,Schmitz N

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：:Fusion proteins encoded by several types of chromosomal translocations in promyelocytic leukemia can serve as aberrant transcriptional repressors relying on recruitment of histonedeacetylases (HDACs) into DNA-associated multi-protein complexes. Thus, inappropriate modulation of chromatin structure by HDACs and subsequ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Göttlicher M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cell-activating factor (BAFF) is a cytokine that plays a major role in the maintenance of normal B-cell development and homeostasis. It has been suggested that in multiple myeloma (MM) it might have regulatory effects on the proliferation and viability of malignant plasma cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Fragioudaki M,Boula A,Tsirakis G,Psarakis F,Spanoudakis M,Papadakis IS,Pappa CA,Alexandrakis MG

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00