Haemoglobin D Los Angeles, D-beta +-thalassaemia, and D-beta o-thalassaemia. A report of two Canadian families.

abstract：:A 13-year-old Saudi girl presented with severe clinical features of systemic lupus erythematosus of 3 months' duration. In addition to laboratory evidence of the disease, the patient was found to have pancytopenia and myelofibrosis. While pancytopenia was considerably improved by steroids, myelofibrosis was not revers...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： el Mouzan MI,Ahmad MA,al Fadel Saleh M,al Sohaibani MO,al Gindan YM

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:The fibrinolytic response to surgical trauma was studied longitudinally in 7 pigs by measuring the fibrinolytic activity in the blood and vein wall simultaneously. The results indicated a marked suppression in fibrinolytic activity in the blood which was closely correlated with the activity in the vein wall. This corr...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Wu AV,Mansfield AO

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of human bone marrow particles to produce a microenvironment conducive to granulocytopoiesis was tested by culturing them in vitro without an exogenous source of colony stimulating activity (CSA). Granulocytopoiesis in this system was confirmed by the following observations: (1) presence of mitotic figures...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Altman AJ

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was confirmed that activation of the kallikrein-kinin enzyme system in cryoglobulinemia might be initiated by activation of factor XII to factor XIIa by cryoglobulin. It was also demonstrated that cryoglobulin or fibrin clots lost their ability to redissolve on warming to 37 degrees C, and consequently the lysis ti...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Kataoka K,Yamada S,Toki N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated that hemopoietic organ fibroblastoid cells can produce colony-stimulating activity (CSA) in vitro. Skin fibroblasts also produced CSA. The colonies which formed were restricted to the granulocyte/macrophage differentiation pathways. A linear relationship was obtained for granulocyte/macrophage col...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Brockbank KG,van Peer CM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new deletion of the beta-globin gene cluster was characterized in a Turkish family. A 6-year-old male and his father were heterozygotes for this deletion. They presented with mild hypochromic microcytic anemia associated with elevated Hb F (15%) and normal Hb A2 levels (2.0%). This newly described Turkish type (delt...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Oner R,Oner C,Erdem G,Balkan H,Ozdağ H,Erkan M,Gümrük F,Gürgey A,Altay C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the most common enzymopathy, and more than 125 different mutations causing G6PD deficiency have been identified. Chronic haemolytic anaemia (CHA) associated with G6PD deficiency is rare, but there is a cluster of mutations causing CHA between amino acids 361-42...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Hundsdoerfer P,Vetter B,Kulozik AE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Richter syndrome (RS) describes the development of high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) from low-grade NHL. RS isolated to the brain is very rare and has a poor prognosis. We describe the cases of high-grade large B-cell diffuse NHL in a 56-year-old male with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and in a 71-year-old female...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Stuplich M,Mayer K,Kim Y,Thanendrarajan S,Simon M,Schäfer N,Glas M,Schmidt-Wolf IG,Herrlinger U

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow fragments from 10 patients with a megaloblastic anaemia due to vitamin B12 or folate deficiency were studied by electron microscopy and electron microscope autoradiography. A proportion of the erythroblasts showed ultrastructural abnormalities. Some of the cells containing autophagic vacuoles, large sidero...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Wickramasinghe SN,Bush V

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last few years have seen an enormous increase in our knowledge on the haematopoietic growth factor erythropoietin (Epo), firstly with its purification and determination of its primary amino acid sequence, and more recently with the isolation of the Epo gene and its expression in mammalian cell lines. This review a...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Foa P

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:95 of 1,019 (9.3%) sera with monoclonal immunoglobulins (MIg) were found to have cold-reacting lymphocytotoxins (LCT). There was no difference in the prevalence of LCT in multiple myeloma, macroglobulinemia, cancer, lymphoma or benign monoclonal gammopathy. Prevalence of LCT was similar in various classes and types of...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Pruzanski W,Capes H,Ramirez G,Falk J

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant alpha-interferons are used as therapeutic agents in an increasing number of benign and malignant disorders. Long-term administration of recombinant alpha-interferon as a maintenance agent is associated with a small number of adverse side-effects which are responsible for patient intolerance of this drug. T...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Giles FJ,Worman CP,Jewell AP,Goldstone AH

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:We have used the gel retardation assay to investigate the binding of nuclear proteins to the duplicated CACCC boxes in the beta-globin gene promoter region. The effect of beta-thalassemia mutations affecting both of these consensus sequences (the -88 C-->T and -101 C-->T mutations) were studied by using appropriate mu...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Baysal E,Ribeiro ML,Huisman TH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated double (specific and nonspecific) esterase (DE) staining in marrow cells of 237 patients with the myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). Additional abnormalities of neutrophilic granules were examined cytochemically and immunocytochemically for myeloperoxidase activity and antigen elastase, lactoferrin and C...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Elghetany MT,Peterson B,MacCallum J,Nelson DA,Varney JF,Sullivan AK,Silverman LR,Schiffer CA,Davey FR,Bloomfield CD

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) combined with anthracyclines is currently the standard treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). In elderly patients the presence of comorbidities, such as cardiomyopathy or different organ failures, often represents an absolute contraindication to standard chemotherapy. In this ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Finizio O,Pezzullo L,Rocco S,Bene L,De Rosa C,Nunziata GR,Mettivier V

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using labelled erythrocytes and human serum albumin, the volume of circulating erythrocytes and plasma was determined in the spleen and individual parts of the skeleton of mice under physiological conditions and 48 h after X-irradiation with a dose of 2,87 Gy. The results are significant for the interpretation of the ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Vácha J,Holá J,Dungel J,Znojil V

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At diagnosis, clonal gene rearrangement probes [retinoic acid receptor (RAR)-alpha, major breakpoint cluster region (M-bcr), immunoglobulin (Ig)-JH, T cell receptor (TcR)-beta, myeloid lymphoid leukemia (MLL) or cytokine genes (GM-CSF, G-CSF, IL-3)] were detected in bone marrow samples from 71 of 153 patients with acu...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Schmetzer HM,Braun S,Wiesner D,Duell T,Gerhartz HH,Mittermueller J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspirates from bone marrow, spleen and liver were morphologically analysed in 15 untreated patients wich chronic myeloid leukaemia. Megaloblastic changes of the erythroblasts were found to be more common in the spleen and liver than in the bone marrow. A significant increase of 'erythroblastic islands', i.e. erythrobl...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Sjögren U

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:A study of E-rosette ultrathin sections has been undertaken in an attempt to analyze changes induced during the T-lymphocyte-sheep red blood cell interaction on the rosetted lymphocyte surface architecture. The formation of nonimmune rosettes implies different types of attachment between lymphocytes and sheep red bloo...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Renau-Piqueras J,Cervera J

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：:Chronic pain affects 50% of adults with sickle cell disease (SCD). Although inflammation is thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic pain, no studies have examined the differences in circulating cytokines between patients with SCD with and without chronic pain. We performed an observational cohort study us...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Karafin MS,Simpson P,Field JJ

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare form of plasma cell neoplasm with a poor prognosis. Conventional melphalan-based treatments have been most disappointing. We report the case of a 62-year-old man with a primary form of PCL treated with VAD combination achieving an objective response, and who received high-d...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Panizo C,Rifón J,Rodríguez-Wilhelmi P,Cuesta B,Rocha E

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although multiple myeloma (MM) remains an incurable disease, its treatment has improved over the past decade. This improvement has been at least in part due to the introduction of novel antimyeloma agents with new mechanisms of action, including those that target both myeloma cells and the tumor microenvironment, with...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Cibeira MT,Mercadal S,Arenillas L,Muntañola A,Salamero O,Bladé J

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Alpha-thalassemia is very common in the Kuwaiti population, but its influence on anemia of pregnancy has not been previously investigated. We have screened a group of 59 anemic (Hb < 11 g/dl) pregnant women for the alpha-thal-2 (-alpha-3.7 kb) deletion which is the commonest alpha-thal allele in this community, using ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Diejomaoh FM,Haider MZ,Dalal H,Abdulaziz A,D'Souza TM,Adekile AD

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac scintigraphy has been performed in 60 beta-thalassaemia major patients aged 8-35 years who received regular blood transfusions and subcutaneous desferrioxamine (DFX) chelation. Fifty-seven showed no clinical, radiological or electrocardiographic evidence of heart disease and 3 had clinically apparent cardiac f...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Aldouri MA,Wonke B,Hoffbrand AV,Flynn DM,Ward SE,Agnew JE,Hilson AJ

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00