Androgen therapy in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and erythropoietin in a patient with refractory anemia.

abstract：:Neurological complications in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are associated with poor prognosis and/or permanent damage. We report a young woman in whom the diagnosis of TTP was difficult because cardinal manifestations were absent at presentation. The patient relapsed, showing severe and dramatic neurologi...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Rabkin Y,Fradin Z,Zeidman A,Schwartz A,Cohen A,Mittelman M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient from an endemic area of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), who developed lymphoma with features characteristic of Hodgkin's disease (HD). Large atypical Reed-Sternberg/Hodgkin's cells (RS/H cells) had a CD3-CD15+CD20-CD30+CD45RO- immunophenotype. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent membrane protein...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hayashi T,Yamabe H,Haga H,Akasaka T,Kadowaki N,Ohno H,Okuma M,Fukuhara S

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that tumors of relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) present additional genetic mutations compared to the primary tumors. The base excision repair (BER) pathway corrects oxidatively damaged mutagenic bases and plays an important role in maintaining genetic stability. The purpose of the presen...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Gotoh N,Saitoh T,Takahashi N,Kasamatsu T,Minato Y,Lobna A,Oda T,Hoshino T,Sakura T,Shimizu H,Takizawa M,Handa H,Yokohama A,Tsukamoto N,Murakami H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multiple myeloma (MM) is a systemic disease in the elderly. Its incidence in patients younger than 40 years old and especially in pregnant women is extremely rare. MM may involve extraosseous sites, and only in rare cases it is observed in the breast. CASE REPORT:We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bouzguenda R,Khanfir A,Toumi N,Chaaben K,Hentati Y,Ayadi L,Feki W,Daoud J,Frikha M

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of present study was to compare the prognosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with Waldeyer's ring involvement (WR-DLBCL) to that of nodal DLBCL (N-DLBCL) without WR involvement. Between July 2004 and October 2009, medical records and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) measured by 2-[fluorine-18]-fluo...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Oh MY,Chung JS,Song MK,Shin HJ,Lee HS,Lee SM,Lee GW,Lee SE

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with myeloid/natural killer (NK) cell precursor acute leukemia who was also homozygous for protein C deficiency was treated and showed a complete remission while he simultaneously received low molecular weight heparin. He presented with fever spikes, lymphadenopathy, and a bulky tumor of the anterior mediast...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Shimamoto T,Nakajima A,Katagiri T,Ito Y,Ohyashiki K

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported that platelet factor 4 (PF4), a megakaryocyte-platelet protein, is a potent inhibitor of human and murine megakaryocytopoiesis. In addition, PF4 accelerated the recovery of the marrow precursor cells in 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) treated mice. We show in this study that a slight modification of th...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Aïdoudi S,Lebeurier I,Amiral J,Quentin G,Caen JP,Han ZC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type-1 cryoglobulinemic vasculitis (CV) and mixed CV differ in their pathophysiology, clinical expression and treatment response. We report one patient with type-1 cryoglobulinemic vasculitis and skin ulcers that had remained active despite treatment with a variety of immunomodulating drugs including rituximab. The pa...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Besada E,Vik A,Koldingsnes W,Nossent JC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occurrence of adenopathy in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome-associated extramedullary myeloid cell tumors has rarely been reported. We describe a 7-year-old girl with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia who showed the novel chromosomal abnormality t(9;12)(p22;q24.1) and who developed severe adenopathy of the c...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Imamura T,Matsuo S,Yoshihara T,Chiyonobu T,Mori K,Ishida H,Nishimura Y,Kasubuchi Y,Naya M,Morimoto A,Hibi S,Imashuku S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GATA transcription factors have been shown to play important roles in hematopoiesis. GATA-2 is expressed in stem and progenitor cells, and has been speculated to control the proliferation and maintain the immaturity of these cells. To examine whether the function of GATA-2 is changeable according to the differentiatio...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Harigae H,Okitsu Y,Yokoyama H,Fujiwara T,Inomata M,Takahashi S,Minegishi N,Kaku M,Sasaki T

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HOX genes are key determinants of cellular identity both in early development and in the renewal and differentiation of adult blood cells. Although a number of studies have examined the expression of individual HOX genes in defined blood cell lineages, we have undertaken a comprehensive analysis of HOX gene expres...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morgan R,Whiting K

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is an established treatment modality for a variety of hematologic malignancies. Unfortunately it carries a high risk of complications and toxicities related to the intensive preparative regimen which is traditionally used for pre-transplant myeloablation and the graft versus host d...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Giralt S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is a late-onset, life-threatening respiratory complication that significantly reduces a patient's quality of life. We retrospectively analysed the incidence of and risk factors for BO in allo-SCT recipients. In 2087 patients who underw...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakaseko C,Ozawa S,Sakaida E,Sakai M,Kanda Y,Oshima K,Kurokawa M,Takahashi S,Ooi J,Shimizu T,Yokota A,Yoshiba F,Fujimaki K,Kanamori H,Sakai R,Saitoh T,Sakura T,Maruta A,Sakamaki H,Okamoto S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated single-institute outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) with a reduced-intensity conditioning regimen consisting of fludarabine (125 mg/m²) and melphalan (140 mg/m²) for multiple myeloma. Twenty-three patients (median age: 46 years) were evaluated. Stem ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Kikuchi T,Mori T,Koda Y,Kohashi S,Kato J,Toyama T,Nakazato T,Aisa Y,Shimizu T,Okamoto S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new complicated Ph1 translocation involving five chromosomes, t(9;22;21;11;inv ins(12)-(q15p12p13))(q34;q11;q22;q13;q15), was found in a 64-year-old Korean woman with chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML). At presentation, the patient was found to be in the accelerated phase, she entered the chronic phase after six cycl...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Abe R,Shiga Y,Ookoshi T,Tanaka T,Maruyama Y

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with primary cardiac malignant lymphoma involving the right atrium and superior vena cava, resulting in intractable right cardiac failure and superior vena cava syndrome. Patients were diagnosed by surgical myocardial biopsy and were treated with combination chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Enomoto S,Abo T,Sugawara T,Ishida Y,Murai K,Itoh S,Kuriya S

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib mesylate and rituximab are molecularly targeted drugs against the BCR-ABL fusion protein and the CD20 antigen, respectively. Although these drugs have excellent anticancer effects, a major concern is drug resistance. We have investigated the case of a patient with Philadelphia chromosome-positive and CD20+ ac...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Hato T,Yamanouchi J,Tamura T,Hojo N,Niiya Y,Kohno M,Bando S,Yakushijin Y,Takada K,Sakai I,Yasukawa M,Fujita S

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow transplantation is widely accepted as the first line therapy for patients with severe aplastic anemia. Patients with less severe forms of aplastic anemia are treated with immunosuppressive agents, hematopoietic growth factors or androgenic steroids. The use of rabbit anti-human thymocyte globulin allowed u...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yoshida Y,Ichinoe T,Dodo M,Noukawa M,Maeda A,Oguma S,Tajima M,Yamamoto K,Okuma M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in chronic phase (CP) had been treated with a syngeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Cytogenetic remission was confirmed 3 months later. One year after transplantation, hematological remission persisted while cytogenetic analysis revealed a recurrence of Philadel...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Yano K,Iijima K,Sao H,Kobayashi M

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 62-year-old man with biopsy-proven cardiac involvement of multiple myeloma-associated immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis, whose cardiac function improved after bortezomib therapy. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and diuretics were initially administered, resulting in improvement ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Tamaki H,Naito Y,Lee-Kawabata M,Taniguchi Y,Hao H,Hirota S,Hasegawa S,Masuyama T,Ogawa H

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased levels of asparagine synthetase (ASNS), an enzyme producing intracellular asparagine, have been implicated in the development of asparaginase resistance. The aim of this study was to assess ASNS mRNA and protein expression in bone marrow cell populations of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). B...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Dimitriou H,Choulaki C,Perdikogianni C,Stiakaki E,Kalmanti M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired sideroblastic anaemia may be related to drugs and other chemicals that inhibit the activity of mitochondrial enzymes involved in haem synthesis. We report a case of secondary acquired sideroblastic anaemia following administration of triethylene tetramine dihydrochloride (trientine), a second-line copper-chel...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Perry AR,Pagliuca A,Fitzsimons EJ,Mufti GJ,Williams R

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonality analysis utilizing X-chromosome inactivation has been used in the study of various diseases, including hematological malignancies. The human androgen receptor gene (HUMARA) assay is the newest of such methods, and the majority of the female population can be assessed by this relatively simple procedure. One ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nakahara Y,Suzuki H,Ohashi H,Hatano S,Tomita A,Kinoshita T,Murate T,Saito H,Hotta T

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-marking studies were the first approved clinical protocols introducing exogenous genetic material into human cells. Such studies were never intended to provide direct therapeutic benefit. Instead, they were expected to provide information about normal cell biology and disease pathogenesis that could not be obtain...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Bollard CM,Heslop HE,Brenner MK

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To prevent thromboembolic events associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), patients usually are treated with argatroban, lepirudin, and bivalirudin. Here, we conducted a meta-analysis of studies to comparing the treatment of HIT with the following direct thrombin inhibitor: argatroban versus lepirudin an...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Sun Z,Lan X,Li S,Zhao H,Tang Z,Xi Y

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report our experience with allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (allo-PBSCT) following a nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen consisting of cytarabine (8 g/m2) and cyclophosphamide (120 mg/kg) in the treatment of 2 patients aged 50 and 55 years with refractory chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and c...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Fujii N,Maeda Y,Takenaka K,Shinagawa K,Imai T,Kozuka T,Ikeda K,Sunami K,Hiramatsu Y,Ishimaru F,Niiya K,Harada M

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplants for patients lacking an HLA identical sibling donor have become possible, and thank to the establishment of large registries of HLA typed volunteers. Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP) now stands at about 152,339 volunteer donors, and have provided 4,013 marrows nationally and internationally. Advancements ...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Okamoto S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA breaks can be induced by exogenous stimuli or by endogenous stress, but are also generated during recombination of V, D, and J genes (V(D)J recombination), immunoglobulin class switch recombination (CSR). Among various DNA breaks generated, DNA double strand break (DSB) is the most deleterious one. DNA damage resp...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Morio T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under influence of hematopoietic growth factors, particularly thrombopoietin (TPO), hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow go through a process of commitment, proliferation, differentiation, and maturation and become mature megakaryocytes. At this critical point, terminally differentiated megakaryocytes face a ne...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Li J,Kuter DJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We established two novel cell lines, designated as IMS-BC1 and IMS-BC2, from two patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis. The two cell lines were positive for CD13 and CD33 and negative for CD34 and HLA-DR by surface marker analysis. IMS-BC1 had four Philadelphia (Ph1) chromosomes and a breakpoint w...

journal_title：International journal of hematology

authors： Nagamura F,Nagamura-Inoue T,Tojo A,Minamihisamatsu M,Tanabe T,Zaike Y,Tani K,Saisho H,Asano S

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00