Automated cytochemistry in acute leukemias. A new approach to the FAB classification based on cell distribution pattern.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate a family with factor VII (FVII) deficiency from Argentina. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The proposita is a 14-year-old girl who presented with a mild to moderate bleeding tendency. Menorrhagia is controlled with periodical administration of small doses of recombinant FVII concentrate. The mother of th...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Girolami A,Paoletti M,Ferrari S,Garcia D

更新日期：2021-01-01 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 rare case of acute promyelcytic leukemia (APL) is reported in a 7-year-old boy. The patient displayed the typical features of APL including impaction of the marrow with promyelocytes, marked elevation of the serum vitamin B12 and transcobalamin I levels and a hemorrhagic diathesis. The bleeding diathesis in the case...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Engelhard D,Yatziv S,Rachmilewitz EA,Polliack A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) concentrations were measured by a radial immunodiffusion assay in 233 patients with various malignancies. In 96 of these, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) was also measured by radioimmunoassay. The concentration of HbF exceeded 2 SDs above the normal mean in 39 of 233 patients, most notably in patients w...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Chudwin DS,Rucknagel DL,Scholnik AP,Waldmann TA,McIntire KR

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total and unsaturated folate binding capacity (TFBC, UFBC) have been measured in sera of selective groups of patients to study the role of cell turnover, cell necrosis and the effect of pregnancy in determining their concentrations in blood. The mean value of TFBC in 35 normal sera was 151 +/- (SD) 53 pg/ml with a sat...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Corrocher R,Bambara LM,Pachor ML,Biasi D,Stanzial A,De Sandre G

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Marginal-zone B cells of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) are the normal counterpart of the neoplastic cells in MALT lymphoma. In both cases these lymphocytes express surface immunoglobulins, but are negative when stained for B cell associated antigens like CD10 and CD23. Furthermore, the B cell gene rearr...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Fritscher-Ravens A,Petrasch S,Tiemann M,Wacker H,Dörr T,Kemmeries G,Hilgers W,Reinacher-Schick A,Kunstmann E,Schmiegel W

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration accompanying Hodgkin's disease were treated with plasma exchange in combination with chemotherapy or radiation therapy, respectively. Significant improvement in neurologic symptoms was obtained in 1 of them. ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Cehreli C,Payzin B,Undar B,Yilmaz U,Alakavuklar MN

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case with the clinical and pathological impression of Ph1-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia in extramedullary blast crisis involving lymph nodes as demonstrated by morphological and cytogenetic studies. The hyperploid cell lines that were present in the lymph node were not present in the bone marrow. ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Velasquez ET,Verma RS,Krishnamurthy M,Dosik H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied neutrophil chemotaxis and surface membrane glycoproteins in 12 patients suffering from myeloid disorders with abnormal karyotype using in vitro techniques in all 12. Chromosome studies were also carried out virtually simultaneously. We chose to study only patients showing a deficit of chemotaxis (p less tha...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Ricevuti G,Mazzone A,Notario A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fas/APO-1 (CD95) is a cell surface molecule that can transduce apoptotic signals into cells. We examined the expression of Fas antigen on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells of patients who received total body irradiation (TBI) as a preparative regimen for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Numbers of peripheral blood lymphocy...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Fujimori Y,Saheki K,Itoi H,Okamamoto T,Kakishita E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare idiopathic inflammatory disorder that can lead to sclerosis. We describe a patient with mesenteric panniculitis presenting with abdominal symptoms and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. The symptoms remitted after splenectomy and gradual steroid taper. This may suggest an autoimmune compo...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Vidarsson B,Matthíasson P,Agnarsson BA,Onundarson PT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoglobin synthesis was studied in bone marrow erythroblasts and in reticulocytes of 4 children with beta O-thalassaemia major and of 7 children with beta +-thalassaemia major. In patients with beta O-thalassaemia the gamma/a ratio was found to be lower in bone marrow than in peripheral blood. On the contrary, in pa...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Musumeci S,Schilirò G,Romeo MA,Pizzarelli G,Fischer A,Russo G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Not all patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are candidates for aggressive regimens. (90)Y ibritumomab tiuxetan ((90)Y-IT), an anti-CD20 radionuclide-conjugated antibody, has demonstrated clinical efficacy in DLBCL with a favorable toxicity profile. METHODS:This phase II trial investigated th...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Arnason JE,Luptakova K,Rosenblatt J,Tzachanis D,Avigan D,Zwicker JI,Levine J,Kim M,Parker JA,Grant B,Joyce RM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is thought to take part in the genesis of bone marrow fibrosis that can be found in patients with myeloproliferative diseases. We evaluated platelet mitogenic activity as the difference between serum and plasma activity in 8 patients with myeloproliferative disease. We observed a ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Caenazzo A,Pietrogrande F,Polato G,Piva E,Masiero M,Sgarabotto D,Girolami A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2 cases of acute myeloid leukaemia with inclusion bodies are presented. The inclusions were found mainly in the blast cells but could also be encountered in lymphocytes and plasma cells. Cytochemical and ultrastructural studies showed a great resemblance of these inclusions to the ones found in Chediak-Higashi anomaly...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Efrati P,Nir E,Kaplan H,Dvilanski A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four infants and children suffering from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency during hemolytic crisis were included in this study. Their ages ranged between 3 and 36 months with a median of 10 months. 22 were males and 2 were females. Fourteen out of them received a single bolus dose of desferrio...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Khalifa AS,el-Alfy MS,Mokhtar G,Fakeir AA,Khazbak MA,el-Baz F,el-Kholy M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:12 thalassaemic patients from Northern Sardinia showing the beta + phenotype were examined by isoelectric focusing and high-performance liquid chromatography techniques for the determination of the variant A gamma T globin chain of the foetal haemoglobin. Two patients (16.7%) were homozygotes for the A gamma T gene va...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Masala B,Formato M,Manca L,Demuro P,Gallisai D,Dore F,Longinotti M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a screening for hemoglobinopathies, we found a carrier of the Sardinian δβ-thalassemia condition. The proband's hematology and hemoglobin (Hb) profile agreed with those of the other carriers previously identified during our diagnostic program except for the fetal Hb (HbF) composition, which consisted of both α2...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Trova S,Mereu P,Cocco E,Masala B,Manca L,Pirastru M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the prevalence of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected women according to transferrin (TF) phenotype. METHODS:We conducted a cross-sectional study among 200 HIV-positive women in the Butare University Teaching Hospital in Rwanda. TF phenotypes were determined using starch gel electrophore...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Masaisa F,Gahutu JB,Mukiibi J,Delanghe J,Philippé J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL; mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome), the standard therapies tend to be effective but not curative. Single drug therapy with either interferon-alpha or retinoids shows a response rate of about 45%. In this article, we report the results obtained in the treatment of CTCL with a co...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Dreno B,Celerier P,Litoux P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes a patient with polycythemia vera who developed a severe arterial and venous thrombosis caused by systemically administered heparin. An immunologic implication has been proposed as pathophysiological mechanism of this heparin-associated thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome. It is sugges...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Garcia S,Cervero A,Sanchez M,Colomina P

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old female with Ki-1-positive large-cell anaplastic lymphoma is reported. The neoplastic cells were phenotypically and genotypically of T cell origin. Initially, neoplastic cells invaded the skin and lymph nodes, and then invaded the sternal and vertebral bones, ribs and the iliopsoas muscle. Central nervous...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Tsukamoto N,Morita K,Maehara T,Mitsuhashi M,Karasawa M,Murakami H,Omine M,Naruse T,Yatabe H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the widespread use of genetic diagnostic technologies, many novel mutations have been identified in hereditary spherocytosis (HS)-related genes, including SPTA1, SPTB, ANK1, SLC4A1, and EPB42. However, mutations in HS-related genes are dispersed and nonspecific in the diagnosis of some HS patients, indicating sig...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： He BJ,Liao L,Deng ZF,Tao YF,Xu YC,Lin FQ

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:Pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase (P5'N) partial deficiency has been described in several hematological disorders and also in the beta-thalassemic trait. To check if the P5'N deficiency in thalassemia was acquired we used thalassemic red cells (from either homo- or heterozygous subjects), whose P5'N activity was lower than i...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： David O,Vota MG,Piga A,Ramenghi U,Bosia A,Pescarmona GP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT) is the treatment of choice for selected patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, it is associated with a high risk of treatment-related mortality (TRM) and morbidity. To assist in decision making about transplantation, a simple scoring system to assess the risk ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Qazilbash MH,Devetten MP,Abraham J,Lynch JP,Beall CL,Weisenborn R,Bunner P,Ericson SG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old male of Chinese ancestry had life-long hemolytic anemia attributed to alpha-thalassemia. Restriction endonuclease mapping of his DNA revealed that in reality, he had three alpha-globin loci, but he was homozygous for pyruvate kinase deficiency. The new pyruvate kinase variant carried by this patient was ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Beutler E,Forman L

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test whether anti-idiotypic immunoregulation of factor VIII(FVIII)-inhibiting antibodies could be feasible in hemophiliacs, we assayed the minimal number and range of immunogenic, functional FVIII epitopes to which a series of murine anti-FVIII monoclonal antibodies (MAb) were directed. Rabbit anti-idiotypic sera t...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Tiarks CY,Humphreys RE,Pechet L

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet functions were evaluated in 20 healthy pregnant women in the last months of pregnancy, during labor, and 5-12 weeks after labor. The results showed an increased platelet count, bleeding time and nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) test, as well as an increased plasma calcium level postlabor. ADP- and epinephrine-indu...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Sagi A,Creter D,Goldman J,Djaldetti M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00