The role for liver biopsy in haemophiliacs infected with the hepatitis C virus.

abstract：:Peripheral blood stem cell autografts for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) are currently under evaluation. A patient with CML received intensive chemotherapy followed by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor prior to the collection of peripheral blood derived stem cells. He developed unusually severe, ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Clark RE,Lee ES

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 'artificial' plasma for one-stage factor-VIII assays is made by incubating human plasma with EDTA, to destroy factor VIII, and afterwards removing the anticoagulant by dialysis. Bovine factor V is then added to a given level. In the assay, contact activation is controlled by adding contact product. It was confirmed...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Chantarangkul V,Ingram GI,Thorn MB,Darby SC

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the incidence and potential prognostic value of thyroid abnormalities after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) without total body irradiation (TBI) conditioning. 77 consecutive patients who received a chemotherapy-alone-based conditioning regimen pretransplant were included. Free serum thyroxine (...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Toubert ME,Socié G,Gluckman E,Aractingi S,Espérou H,Devergie A,Ribaud P,Parquet N,Schlageter MH,Beressi JP,Rain JD,Vexiau P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The serum "uracil+uridine" level, expressed as uracil, has been measured in 21 cases of vitamin B12 deficiency, in which the serum folate was normal, and compared with the level in 97 normal subjects. The level in the vitamin B12 deficient group (11.9 mumol/1). was significantly lower than in the controls (15.7 mumol/...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Parry TE,Blackmore JA

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the characterization of a spontaneous lymphoblastoid cell line (LCL) raised from the peripheral blood of a patient with Kostmann's congenital neutropenia. The LCL was composed of EBV-infected polyclonal B cells and displayed surface markers and pattern of growth in vitro typical of normal LCLs. The ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Corcione A,Roncella S,Cutrona G,Mori PG,Ferrarini M,Pistoia V

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is typically observed in patients undergoing cord blood transplantation. We hypothesized that delayed recovery of the platelet count might be caused by defects in the megakaryocytic differentiation pathway of cord blood progenitors. To test this hypothesis, we compared the features of in vitro megakar...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Miyazaki R,Ogata H,Iguchi T,Sogo S,Kushida T,Ito T,Inaba M,Ikehara S,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MHC-unrestricted cytotoxic lymphocytes, namely natural killer (NK) and lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells, have been implicated in the regulation of haemopoiesis. To investigate the possible role of these lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of aplastic anaemia (AA), we studied their functions in the peripheral blood ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Myint AA,Malkovska V,Morgan S,Luckit J,Wonke B,Gordon-Smith EC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior case-control studies reported that levels of the soluble form of the endothelial protein C receptor (sEPCR) were strongly controlled by the PROCR 6963A/G polymorphism and higher levels were a risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE). We sought to prospectively examine the association of sEPCR and the 6963A/G...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Yamagishi K,Cushman M,Heckbert SR,Tsai MY,Folsom AR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptotic cell death is induced by the cross-linking of Fas/APO-1 receptor (CD95) in acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) cells. Since CD95 ligand (CD95L) is expressed on interleukin-2 (IL-2)-activated T cells, we investigated the involvement of CD95-CD95L pathway in T cell-mediated cytotoxicity against AML cells. Activa...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Komada Y,Zhou YW,Zhang XL,Chen TX,Tanaka S,Azuma E,Sakurai M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pyrimidine analogue cytosine arabinoside (AraC) is one of the most effective drugs used in the treatment of acute leukaemia. Overexpression of the multidrug resistance (MDR-1) gene and its product, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), is associated with cellular resistance to drugs, such as anthracyclines and vinca alkaloids. T...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Månsson E,Paul A,Löfgren C,Ullberg K,Paul C,Eriksson S,Albertioni F

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of factor XI (FXI) in blood coagulation has been clarified in recent years by descriptions of FXI-deficient patients who are prone to excessive bleeding after haemostatic challenge. We have studied a large kindred of an Italian FXI-deficient patient with a previously undescribed mutation. The propositus, a 68...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Alhaq A,Mitchell M,Sethi M,Rahman S,Flynn G,Boulton P,Caeno G,Smith M,Savidge G

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is common (40-65%) and potentially serious in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). A systematic review was conducted to determine the safety and efficacy of adding a thrombopoietin-receptor (THPO-R) agonist to standard MDS treatment. MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL databases were searched. We included randomi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Prica A,Sholzberg M,Buckstein R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory screening for lupus anticoagulant (LA) has been shown to be suboptimal in several studies. Guidelines have recently been published by an expert group for the British Committee for Standards in Haematology, in an attempt to standardize and improve screening procedures. The value of using screening tests conf...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Jennings I,Greaves M,Mackie IJ,Kitchen S,Woods TA,Preston FE,UK National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Blood Coagulation.

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike previously reported cases with total protein 4.2 deficiency due to mutations in the EPB42 gene, we describe a total deficiency in protein 4.2 with normal EPB42 alleles. Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) was observed in a Japanese woman (unsplenectomized) and her daughter (splenectomized). The mother showed a partia...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Kanzaki A,Hayette S,Morlé L,Inoue F,Matsuyama R,Inoue T,Yawata A,Wada H,Vallier A,Alloisio N,Yawata Y,Delaunay J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humanized CD52 monoclonal antibody Campath-1H was used as first-line therapy in nine patients with progressive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Intravenous (n = 5) or subcutaneous (n = 4) injections (up to 30 mg/inj.) were given three times a week for a maximum of 18 weeks. Three patients achieved a complete r...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Osterborg A,Fassas AS,Anagnostopoulos A,Dyer MJ,Catovsky D,Mellstedt H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological parameters such as pH and oxygen tension probably play significant roles in the regulation of haemopoiesis in the bone marrow microenvironment, but these roles have yet to be characterized in detail. We have found that changes in culture pH (0.2 units) can cause significant changes in the culture composi...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： McAdams TA,Miller WM,Papoutsakis ET

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An immunotoxin containing an anti-CD30 monoclonal antibody (Ber-H2) and saporin, a ribosome-inactivating protein type 1, is described. It specifically inhibits protein synthesis by Hodgkin derived target cell lines with a very high efficiency (IC50 ranging from 5 x 10(-12) M to 5 x 10(-14) M, as saporin), while irrele...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Tazzari PL,Bolognesi A,de Totero D,Falini B,Lemoli RM,Soria MR,Pileri S,Gobbi M,Stein H,Flenghi L

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cold agglutinin syndrome (CAS) is usually associated with IgM cold agglutinins with titres exceeding 1000 at 4 degrees C and a thermal amplitude of 30-32 degrees C. Occasionally patients are encountered who although having clinical and laboratory findings compatible with CAS do not have the characteristic serological ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Garratty G,Petz LD,Hoops JK

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely recognized that thrombosis is the major event in the evolution of stable vascular disease to unstable ischaemic syndromes including myocardial infarction and stroke. The purpose of this case-control study was to establish clinical and laboratory data on the possible relationship between specific component...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Freeburn JC,Wallace JM,Strain JJ,Sinnamon DG,Craig BM,Johnson D,Gilmore WS

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the molecular basis of alpha thalassaemia in the so-called 'Cape Coloured' population of Cape Town. DNA from 17 cases was analysed by Southern blotting and hybridization with an alpha globin complementary DNA probe. Three types of alpha thalassaemia genetic determinants were detected: the 3.5 kb d...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mathew CG,Rousseau J,Rees JS,Harley EH

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymerase chain reaction protocols were designed specifically to amplify regions of the alpha globin complex that contain the nine common polymorphic haplotyping sites. These reactions provided a quicker and more sensitive approach to determining alpha globin haplotypes than Southern blotting methods. ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Miles KL,Norwich JT,Martinson JJ,Clegg JB

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The routine methods for estimating erythrocyte size (volume and surface area) are not generally unbiased. Using geometric models introduces a bias determined by the ways in which real red blood corpuscles depart in size and shape from the simplistic ideal. Employing haematocrit and red corpuscle count to estimate mean...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mayhew TM,Mwamengele GL,Self TJ,Travers JP

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-type cyclin genes are universally dysregulated in multiple myeloma (MM), but the functional consequences are unclear as D-type cyclin gene expression does not correlate with proliferation or disease progression. We examined the protein expression and regulation of D-type cyclins and other cell cycle regulators in hu...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Glassford J,Rabin N,Lam EW,Yong KL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We treated 26 patients with hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) with 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, including nine with abdominal lymphadenopathy and of whom two had HCL-variant; 18 were previously treated. The overall response in 23 evaluable HCL patients was 100% with 87% complete remission (CR). The CR rate was 57% in patients wit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Mercieca J,Matutes E,Emmett E,Coles H,Catovsky D

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During treatment of human red cells with phospholipase A2 from bee venom, a linear increase of the MCV and of the osmotic fragility occurs in parallel with the cleavage of the accessible phospholipids. However, even after maximal hydrolysis, i.e. degradation of up to 65% of the phosphatidylcholines and up to 6% of the...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Vaysse J,Pilardeau P,Gattegno L,Garnier M

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients belonging to four families with 'atypical elliptocytosis' have been investigated. Clinical, haematological, erythrokinetic and enzymatic characteristics as well as the effect of splenectomy are discussed. These studies appear to define the fundamental features of a particular disorder or a variety of heredita...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Torlontano G,Fioritoni G,Salvati AM

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ibrutinib is associated with durable responses in patients with Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM). We hypothesized that response depth is predictive of progression-free survival (PFS) in WM patients treated with ibrutinib. Using landmark analyses, we evaluated response depth in two cohorts of WM patients treated wit...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Castillo JJ,Abeykoon JP,Gustine JN,Zanwar S,Mein K,Flynn CA,Demos MG,Guerrera ML,Kofides A,Liu X,Munshi M,Tsakmaklis N,King R,Yang G,Hunter ZR,Advani RH,Palomba ML,Ansell SM,Gertz MA,Kapoor P,Treon SP

更新日期：2020-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Lack of reliable laboratory parameters is the main challenge in the management of fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT). Despite the long-known association between the HLA-DRB3*01:01 allele and human platelet antigen 1a (HPA-1a) alloimmunisation, maternal human leucocyte antigen (HLA) typing has been ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Sainio S,Javela K,Tuimala J,Haimila K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diamond-Blackfan anaemia (DBA) is an inherited bone marrow failure syndrome (IBMFS) characterized by red cell aplasia. Mutations in ribosomal genes are found in more than 50% of cases. Elevated erythrocyte adenosine deaminase (eADA) was first noted in DBA in 1983. In this study we determined the value of eADA for the ...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Fargo JH,Kratz CP,Giri N,Savage SA,Wong C,Backer K,Alter BP,Glader B

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disease progression occurs in over 1% of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis and early stage chronic lymphocytic leukaemia patients every year therefore regular monitoring is indicated. We assessed the efficacy of an outreach service to replace clinic monitoring using lo...

journal_title：British journal of haematology

authors： Rawstron AC,Jones RA,Ferguson C,Hughes G,Selby P,Reid C,Dalal S,Howard M,Smith G,Hillmen P,Owen RG,Jack AS

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00