Monosomy 7 myelodysplasia in childhood. Two case reports.

abstract：:In a 42-year-old Caucasian female, acute myelocytic leukemia (M2) presented as occlusion of the distal aorta and right iliac artery. She died after 10 days of respiratory failure. At postmortem examination the aortic wall contained multiple thrombi composed of fibrin and leukemic cells. There was no evidence of diffus...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Kootte AM,Thompson J,Bruijn JA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basic fibroblast growth factor (b-FGF) mediates a variety of biological responses such as angiogenesis and hematopoiesis. We examined the effect of b-FGF on human neutrophil functions in vitro. The surface expression of effector cell molecules on neutrophils was determined by flow cytometry and monoclonal antibodies. ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Takagi S,Takahashi K,Katsura Y,Matsuoka T,Ohsaka A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avascular necrosis (AVN) of the hip is a common cause of morbidity in sickle cell disease (SCD). Its prevalence increases with age and predisposing factors include coexistent alpha-thalassemia trait, frequent vaso-occlusive crisis and a high hematocrit (Hct). SCD is relatively mild among Kuwaiti patients because of th...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Adekile AD,Gupta R,Yacoub F,Sinan T,Al-Bloushi M,Haider MZ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of thymus-dependent (T cells) and bone marrow-derived lymphocytes (B cells) was studied in 74 patients with Hodgkin's disease and 33 normal controls. A T cell deficit was found in untreated patients as well as in long-term survivors in remission. Therapy slightly enhanced the T cell depletion in Hodgk...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Many A,Biniaminov M,Rosenthal E,Aghai E,Ramot B

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-chromosomal-linked abnormality often associated with hemolytic anemia. The G6PD variants obtained from 2 unrelated males, one associated with enzyme deficiency and history of hemolytic jaundice, and the other associated with enzyme deficiency but no ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Sáenz GF,Chaves M,Berrantes A,Elizondo J,Montero AG,Yoshida A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:6 patients with acute leukemia are described. All of them suffered from high temperature and malaise, and showed negative urine and blood cultures. High doses of gentamicin, cephalothin and cerebenicillin failed to lower the fever. The temperature became normal after administration of chloramphenicol (CAP) 2.0 g/day. ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Klein B,Bessler H,Lewinski UH,Cohen AM,Djaldetti M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a factor was discovered in the serum of hepatectomized animals which was capable of augmenting the hepatic erythropoietin response to hypoxia when injected into normal rats. This substance was localized in the liver via an in situ perfusion technique and was termed the hepatic erythropoietic factor (HEF). Pa...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Naughton BA,Liu P,Naughton GK,Gordon AS

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unusual to find microorganisms in peripheral blood smears, and their presence is frequently associated with overwhelming sepsis and consequently a poor prognosis. In this report, we demonstrate 4 cases with bacteria in blood smears. Two of them had a fatal outcome, but the other 2 were caused by a contamination ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： van der Meer W,Verwiel JM,Gidding CE,de Metz M,de Keijzer MH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in first complete remission (CR) were treated with alfa-2a-interferon (for short 'interferon') maintenance therapy, at a dose of 3 MU twice to thrice weekly subcutaneously. Adjustments were made to maintain neutrophil counts > 1 x 10(9)/l and platelet counts > 100 x 1...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： McSweeney EN,Worman CP,Tsakona CP,Jewel AP,Hoffbrand AV,Milligan DW,Burnett AK,Lewis ML,Goldstone AH

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：: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：:The dilution in the circulating blood of lymphocytes lablled in vitro with 3H-cytidine was examined after autotransfusion in 9 patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) stage II A-IV B, 5 of whom were untreated; in 2 untreated patients with carcinoma, and in 1 treated patient with scleroderma. The blood transit time of exc...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Schick P,Trepel F,Eder M,Matzner M,Benedek S,Theml H,Kaboth W,Begemann H,Fliedner TM

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of the sickle cell (Hb S) gene in Saudi Arabia was first reported by Lehmann et al. in 1963 [Nature 198, pp. 492-493]. Later, Hb S, alpha- and beta-thalassaemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and other enzymopathies were shown to occur at a variable prevalence in different regions of the co...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： el-Hazmi MA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cell (TC) contamination of stem cell products can contribute to relapse after high dose chemotherapy and stem cell rescue. A new purging technology using replication-deficient recombinant adenovirus (Adv) containing the p53 tumor suppressor gene (Adv-p53) has been suggested to reduce tumor contamination of autol...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Hirai M,Kelsey LS,Maneval DC,Vaillancourt M,Talmadge JE

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombopoietin levels in thrombocytopenic mice assayed by 75Se-se-lenomethionine incorporation into blood platelets reached a maximum 12 h after the induction of an acute, immune thrombocytopenia; that was more than twice the value in control mice. The implications of this finding are discussed with reference to the k...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Nakeff A,Roozendaal KJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to compare the curative effects of the combination therapy of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO, As₂O₃) with ATRA monotherapy on newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). METHODS:The studies were retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, ChinaInfo and...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Ma H,Yang J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common single genetic disorder and a major public health issue in Greece and other Mediterranean countries is beta-thalassemia. Current therapeutic approaches for homozygous beta-thalassemia entail blood transfusions and iron chelation therapy with deferoxamine or deferiprone for preventing tissue hemosideros...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Chaidos A,Makis A,Hatzimichael E,Tsiara S,Gouva M,Tzouvara E,Bourantas KL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Danaparoid sodium and synthetic protease inhibitors (SPIs) have been approved for the treatment of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in Japan. OBJECTIVES:To compare the clinical results of the treatment of DIC with danaparoid or SPIs. METHODS:We retrospectively examined 188 patients with hematol...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Minakata D,Fujiwara SI,Hayakawa J,Nakasone H,Ikeda T,Kawaguchi SI,Toda Y,Ito S,Ochi SI,Nagayama T,Mashima K,Umino K,Nakano H,Yamasaki R,Morita K,Kawasaki Y,Sugimoto M,Ishihara Y,Yamamoto C,Ashizawa M,Hatano K,Sa

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse large B cell lymphoma, T-cell-rich/histiocyte-rich variant (DLBL-TH), is characterized by the presence of neoplastic B cells set in a background containing numerous non-neoplastic T lymphocytes and histiocytes. We report here the case of a patient with DLBL-TH who developed overt pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) f...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Oyaizu N,Kozai Y,Kodo H,Sunaga S,Iwabuchi K,Higashihara M,Mori S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (cladribine, Leustatin) is being used extensively in the treatment of hematologic malignancies, but relatively little is known regarding its toxicity to the normal marrow. Long-term serial hematologic observations have been made on 29 patients with multiple sclerosis undergoing experimental ther...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Beutler E,Koziol JA,McMillan R,Sipe JC,Romine JS,Carrera CJ

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acquired haemophilia A presenting with extensive spontaneous bruising and anaemia is reported. The anaemia was due to myelodysplastic syndrome (FAB: refractory anaemia with ringed sideroblasts). A factor-VII:C-specific inhibitor was also found. Prednisone and pyridoxine were given, and the inhibitor became u...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Lin CK,Liang R,Liu HW,Tse PW,Chan GT

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient regression in the lymphocyte count of a patient with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) after viral infection is reported. A similar event occurred under natural interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) treatment. It was confirmed that the event was not caused by a direct cytotoxic effect of IFN-alpha by analyz...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Shirono K,Ikebe M,Inada T,Tsuda H

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:We present the case of a woman undergoing treatment with acenocoumarol for deep vein thrombosis, who maintained an international normalized ratio (INR) of between 2.5 and 4 for 2 months. Seven days after the introduction of amoxycillin (500 mg/8 h) for a probable respiratory infection, the patient developed spontaneou...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Soto J,Sacristan JA,Alsar MJ,Fernandez-Viadero C,Verduga R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inferferon alfa-2b (IFN) plays a major role in the current management of previously untreated patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) as well as patients with CML who have relapsed after bone marrow transplantation. Hydroxyurea (HU) is the best conventional drug for treatment of CML in the chronic phase. Ten ...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Bourantas KL,Syrou M,Tsiara S,Danella M,Konstantinides P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute megakaryoblastic leukemia is uncommon and comprises about 5% of acute nonlymphoid leukemias in the French-American-British classification. Cell lines from such leukemias are relatively rare with only about 8 reported in the literature. We established a cell line from a case of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia ari...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Skinnider LF,Pabello P,Zheng CY

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:It has been suggested that CD44 mediates adhesive interactions between hematopoietic progenitor cells and the stromal microenvironment. Ligands of CD44 include several extracellular matrix components, such as hyaluronic acid and fibronectin. Antibodies against CD44 have been shown to induce homotypic T cell aggregatio...

journal_title：Acta haematologica

authors： Oostendorp RA,Spitzer E,Dörmer P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00