Acquired autoimmune thrombocytopenia after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.

abstract：:Both atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) and the HELLP syndrome (haemolytic anaemia, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) are thrombotic microangiopathies characterized by microvascular endothelial activation, cell injury and thrombosis. aHUS is a disease of complement dysregulation, specifically a gain ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fang CJ,Richards A,Liszewski MK,Kavanagh D,Atkinson JP

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of platelet dysfunction characterized by defective Ca2+ ionophore-induced platelet aggregation without impaired production of thromboxane A2 (TXA2). The patients had mild to moderate bleeding tendencies, and their platelet aggregation and secretion induced by ADP, collagen, arachidonic acid, stab...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fuse I,Higuchi W,Uesugi Y,Aizawa Y

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone involvement is the commonest clinical manifestation of sickle cell disease both in the acute setting such as painful vaso-occlusive crises, and as a source of chronic, progressive disability such as avascular necrosis. Management of these problems is often difficult because of the diagnostic imprecision of most l...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Almeida A,Roberts I

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of an empirical antibiotic therapy regimen in 34 neutropenic patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation or remission-induction chemotherapy for leukaemia. Throughout the study period a total of 90 pyrexial episodes were monitored in which organisms...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Barnes RA,Rogers TR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylserine (PS) externalization may contribute to Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) characteristics including thrombogenesis, endothelial adhesion and shortened red blood cell (RBC) lifespan. Aminophospholipid translocase (APLT) returns externalized PS to the inner membrane, and phospholipid scramblase (PLSCR) equilib...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Barber LA,Palascak MB,Joiner CH,Franco RS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow culture in a patient with aplastic anaemia responding to anabolic steroid (methandienone) therapy, showed an unusually high degree of growth in unstimulated cultures. Growth in unstimulated cultures is due to factors with colony stimulating activity (CSA) released by monocyte macrophages in the bone marrow...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Francis GE,Berney JJ,Bateman SM,Hoffbrand AV

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to further disclose the autoantigenic repertoire carried by the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa complex. IgG-F(ab')2 fragments were prepared from two prototype ITP patients, and their ability to block the binding of GPIIb/IIIa reactive antibodies derived from other patients w...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hou M,Stockelberg D,Kutti J,Wadenvik H

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the feasibility of collecting peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC) in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) following two cycles of induction chemotherapy with idarubicin, cytarabine and etoposide (ICE), and one cycle of consolidation therapy with high-dose cytarabine and mitoxantrone (HAM). Thi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Schlenk RF,Döhner H,Pförsich M,Benner A,Fischer K,Hartmann F,Fischer JT,Weber W,Gunzer U,Pralle H,Haas R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of several studies of immunoglobulin (Ig) gene rearrangements in whole Hodgkin's disease (HD) tissues and in isolated single Reed-Sternberg (RS) cells, the issue of clonality of the RS cell in HD remains incompletely resolved. Analysis of X-chromosome inactivation patterns (XCIPs) can be used to determine whe...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chang HW,Chong SM,Peh SC,Lee SH

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify and treat patients at high risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia after bone marrow transplantation (BMT), we tested for CMV viraemia weekly, and performed broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) on day 35 post-transplant in 63 recipients. 36 allogeneic BMT recipients were at a high risk of CMV pneumonia (25 CMV-se...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ibrahim A,Gautier E,Roittmann S,Bourhis JH,Fajac A,Charnoz I,Terrier P,Salord JM,Tancrède C,Hayat M,Bernaudin JF,Pico JL

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nd-HPFH are haematological conditions which are natural models to aid understanding of the haemoglobin (Hb) switch. In this paper we describe a new non-deletional hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin (nd-HPFH) associated with the highest Hb F level observed to date (up to 49% without haemopoietic stress). Seque...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pissard S,M'rad A,Beuzard Y,Roméo PH

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of ethnic disparities in malignancies have revealed variation in clinical outcomes. In multiple myeloma (MM), previous literature has focused only on patients of Caucasian and African-American (AA) descent. We present a Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-based outcome analysis of MM patients from...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Ailawadhi S,Aldoss IT,Yang D,Razavi P,Cozen W,Sher T,Chanan-Khan A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little information published comparing peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) with bone marrow (BM) as the stem cell source in the long-term outcome in recipients of T-cell depleted (TCD) unrelated donor (UD) transplants. We present retrospective outcome data on 306 recipients of myeloablative, human leucocyte an...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Shaw BE,Apperley JF,Russell NH,Craddock C,Liakopoulou E,Potter MN,Wynn R,Gibson B,Pearce RM,Kirkland K,Lee J,Madrigal JA,Cook G,Byrne JL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of DNA diagnosis for haemophilia A was tested in South African patients and families by screening for the common inversion mutation in the factor VIII gene and for the intragenic microsatellite markers in introns 13 and 22. The allele frequencies at the two microsatellite loci were significantly differ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dangerfield BT,Manga P,Field SP,Hartman E,Jenkins T,Krause A

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA from 106 cases of adult de novo acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) was screened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and gel electrophoresis for FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutations within the juxtamembrane (JM) domain. FLT3 mutations were detected in 14 cases (13.2%) and occurred in FAB types M1 (4 o...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Abu-Duhier FM,Goodeve AC,Wilson GA,Gari MA,Peake IR,Rees DC,Vandenberghe EA,Winship PR,Reilly JT

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lenalidomide gained Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (MM) in combination with dexamethasone in June 2006. In April 2005, the FDA and patient advocacy groups requested an expanded access programme to both provide lenalidomide to patients ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chen C,Reece DE,Siegel D,Niesvizky R,Boccia RV,Stadtmauer EA,Abonour R,Richardson P,Matous J,Kumar S,Bahlis NJ,Alsina M,Vescio R,Coutre SE,Pietronigro D,Knight RD,Zeldis JB,Rajkumar V

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International guidance has recently recommended serial proximal compression ultrasound (CUS) as first line imaging for suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Single whole-leg CUS is a routine alternative diagnostic strategy that can reduce repeated attendances and identify alternative pathology. We conducted a prospect...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Horner D,Hogg K,Body R,Jones S,Nash MJ,Mackway-Jones K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary pathophysiological event in sickling is the intracellular polymerization of deoxygenated haemoglobin S. Tucaresol (589C80;4[2-formyl-3-hydroxyphenoxymethyl] benzoic acid), a substituted benzaldehyde, was designed to interact with haemoglobin to increase oxygen affinity and has been shown to inhibit sicklin...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Arya R,Rolan PE,Wootton R,Posner J,Bellingham AJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pralatrexate inhibits folic acid metabolism, and preclinical studies have shown that it is cytotoxic to multiple myeloma cells. This phase 1 study investigated the safety and efficacy of pralatrexate in combination with bortezomib in adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. A standard 3 + 3 design was used...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Dunn TJ,Dinner S,Price E,Coutré SE,Gotlib J,Hao Y,Berube C,Medeiros BC,Liedtke M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of Runt-related transcription factor 1 (RUNX1) have been detected in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). However, the prognostic implication of RUNX1 mutations in primary MDS is limited. The stage of the disease at which the mutations are acquired and whether they persist during the disease course ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chen CY,Lin LI,Tang JL,Ko BS,Tsay W,Chou WC,Yao M,Wu SJ,Tseng MH,Tien HF

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The highly conserved 350-bp major regulatory element HS-40 (or alphaMRE) upstream of the human alpha-globin gene cluster is involved in the regulation of alpha-globin gene expression. The study of alphaMRE differences between human populations and the evolution of alphaMRE sequences in mammals may lead to a better und...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Harteveld CL,Muglia M,Passarino G,Kielman MF,Bernini LF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is an endothelial cell glycoprotein that acts as an anticoagulant. Mutation in the TM gene is a potential risk factor for thrombosis. The first TM mutation identified was a heterozygous substitution of T for G at nucleotide position 1456, which predicted Asp468 with Tyr in a Ser/Thr-rich domain. To...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Nakazawa F,Koyama T,Saito T,Shibakura M,Yoshinaga H,Chung DH,Kamiyama R,Hirosawa S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele alphaLELY is a common low-expression allele of the erythroid spectrin SPTA1 gene. It results in the aggravated expression of hereditary elliptocytosis due to SPTA1 gene mutations occurring in trans. Allele alphaLELY contains, in particular, mutations in introns 45 and 46, both in polypyrimidine tracts, and caus...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Wilmotte R,Marechal J,Delaunay J

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate analogues were added to human bone marrow cells to determine their effect on deoxyuridine utilization in the deoxyuridine suppression test. Formyltetrahydrofolates fully corrected the impairment of dU utilization in pernicious anaemia marrows but tetrahydrofolate was relatively ineffective. All these analogues ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Deacon R,Chanarin I,Perry J,Lumb M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel multi-kinase inhibitor TG02 has selectivity against cell cycle and transcriptional cyclin dependent kinases (CDKs) as well as fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor-3 (FLT3). Inhibition of transcriptional CDKs preferentially depletes short-lived proteins such as MCL1. We evaluated the in vitro toxicity of TG02 to...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Pallis M,Abdul-Aziz A,Burrows F,Seedhouse C,Grundy M,Russell N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the trends of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positivity rate in Hodgkin's disease (HD) between 1955 and 1999. The overall positivity rate gradually decreased over time [12 out of 23 (52%) in 1955-69; 18 out of 39 (46%) in 1970-84; 13 out of 44 (35%) in 1985-99; P = 0.135]. Interestingly, a marked decrease in ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Takeuchi K,Morishita Y,Fukayama M,Mori S

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe eight patients (four children and four adults) with an acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) with cytoplasmic granules or inclusions. The incidence of this variant of acute leukaemia in our whole series of patients with ALL is 1.8%. The granules or inclusions were usually positive for aspecific esterases (AN...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Cantù-Rajnoldi A,Invernizzi R,Biondi A,Banfi P,Zoia A,De Fazio P,Polli N

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 22-year-old woman with acute, plasma refractory thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) in whom splenectomy led to consistent stabilization of platelet counts, but who showed complete inhibition of vonWillebrand factor-cleaving protease (VWF-cp) after 6 months of follow up. Persistent protease deficiency...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Langer F,Bergmann F,Budde U,Hegewisch-Becker S,Hossfeld DK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous or allogeneic peripheral blood T cells can stimulate the human megakaryocyte progenitor cell (CFU-Meg)-derived colony formation in a dose-dependent fashion in agar cultures of nonadherent (NA), T cell-depleted (NT) bone marrow (BM) cells. Low concentrations of monocytes and T cells can collaborate in the st...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Hamaguchi H,Takano N,Saito K,Enokihara H,Furusawa S,Shishido H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) was used to analyse 34 follicular lymphoma (FL) samples. 27 samples showed DNA sequence copy number changes of at least one genomic region (26 samples with at least one gain and nine with at least one loss). Some chromosomes or chromosomal regions were preferentially involved. T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Avet-Loiseau H,Vigier M,Moreau A,Mellerin MP,Gaillard F,Harousseau JL,Bataille R,Milpied N

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00