abstract：:Asplenic and hyposplenic patients have an increased risk for overwhelming pneumococcal infections, even several decades after splenectomy. Pneumococcal vaccination and daily oral administration of penicillin V are recommended to prevent such infections, 2-5 years after splenectomy, and for at least 5 years in children...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： de Montalembert M,Lenoir G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant lymphomas are a heterogenous group of malignancies, belonging to the 10 most frequent types of cancers worldwide. In indolent lymphoma only patients with limited stage I/II (Ann Arbor) can be potentially cured by local irradiation. However, about 85% of cases present with advanced stage; for these patients n...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Buske C,Dreyling H,Unterhalt M,Hiddemann W

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusion proteins encoded by several types of chromosomal translocations in promyelocytic leukemia can serve as aberrant transcriptional repressors relying on recruitment of histonedeacetylases (HDACs) into DNA-associated multi-protein complexes. Thus, inappropriate modulation of chromatin structure by HDACs and subsequ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Göttlicher M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether, after very intensive induction and consolidation therapy in childhood AML, further maintenance therapy (MT) confers any advantage. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Three hundred-nine children with previously untreated AML were registered in the LAME 89/91 protocol. This three-cycle intensive regimen ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Perel Y,Auvrignon A,Leblanc T,Michel G,Vannier JP,Dalle JH,Gandemer V,Schmitt C,Mèchinaud F,Lamagnere JP,Piguet Ch,Couillaud G,Pautard B,Baruchel A,Leverger G,Group LAME.,French Society of Pediatric Hematology and Immunol

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD) is a rare systemic lymphoproliferative disorder with too few patient series reported in the literature to have a clear idea about the etiology, outcome and the best treatment available. Systemic reactive amyloidosis is a very rare complication of MCD and its presence worsens the ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Gholam D,Vantelon JM,Al-Jijakli A,Bourhis JH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In follicular lymphoma the t(14;18) might be useful as a tumor marker in predicting the quality of the response to treatment. We investigated whether analyzing numbers of t(14;18)-positive cells in peripheral blood correlated with remission status in individual patients receiving a variety of treatments. Numbers of ci...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Mandigers CM,Meijerink JP,van 't Veer MB,Mensink EJ,Raemaekers JM

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary data suggest a faster immune recovery following non-myeloablative stem cell transplantation because of the persistence of recipient T cells, but the real impact on post-transplant infectious complications remains unknown. We retrospectively analysed the incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in twent...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Nachbaur D,Larcher C,Kircher B,Eibl G,Nussbaumer W,Gunsilius E,Haun M,Grünewald K,Gastl G

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of apoptotic cells in bone marrow trephine biopsies and cytospins of immunomagnetically isolated myeloid progenitor cells was determined in 39 patients with chronic idiopathic neutropenia (CIN) and 12 hematologically normal individuals using the in situ end-labeling (ISEL) apoptosis detection method. We ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Koumaki V,Papadaki HA,Stefanaki K,Damianaki A,Gemetzi C,Katonis P,Vrentzos G,Eliopoulos GD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) includes the risk of infectious complications due to neutropenia and therapy-induced immune deviation. In order to understand early immune recovery in this situation, we analyzed the distribution of cell subsets by flow cytometry...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Krause SW,Rothe G,Gnad M,Reichle A,Andreesen R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Infectious Diseases Working Party of the German Society of Haematology and Oncology presents their guidelines for the treatment of fungal infections in patients with hematological and oncological malignancies. These guidelines are evidence-based, considering study results, case reports and expert opinions, using t...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Böhme A,Ruhnke M,Buchheidt D,Karthaus M,Einsele H,Guth S,Heussel G,Heussel CP,Junghanss C,Kern WK,Kubin T,Maschmeyer G,Sezer O,Silling G,Südhoff T,Szelényi Dagger H,Ullmann AJ,Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) o

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal failure is one of the worst complications occurring in multiple myeloma (MM) patients. It does not affect survival if reverted by a prompt chemotherapy before the damage becomes irreversible; therefore, the early diagnosis of renal dysfunction is crucial. High and low molecular weight urinary proteins have prove...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Corso A,Zappasodi P,Pascutto C,Bosoni T,Mangiacavalli S,Lorenzi A,Rusconi C,Lazzarino M

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is the treatment of choice for those aplastic anemia patients who are not suitable for bone marrow transplantation (BMT). ATG is also used for the treatment of rejections in organ transplantation and as a conditioning regimen in BMT. Despite the proven efficacy of ATG in these areas, its m...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Dubey S,Nityanand S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of bone (PLB) is a rare entity. We present three new cases and a review of the literature. If PLB is suspected radiologically, the diagnosis must be confirmed by open biopsy. Histopathologically, PLB usually represents diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or lymphoma of the follicular center ty...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Misgeld E,Wehmeier A,Krömeke O,Gattermann N

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two immunocompetent patients with cat-scratch disease due to infection with Bartonella henselae developed monoclonal and biclonal gammopathy. Neither patient had evidence of any other known cause of plasma cell dyscrasia, and antibiotic eradication of Bartonella henselae infection resulted in the prompt disappearance ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Krause R,Auner HW,Daxböck F,Mulabecirovic A,Krejs GJ,Wenisch C,Reisinger EC

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib is a new promising therapeutic option for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with efficacy even in the blast phase of the disease. However, most patients treated with imatinib in the blast phase develop progressive disease rapidly. Thus, treatment with imatinib has to be followed by other treatment strategies. Th...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Schaich M,Schäkel K,Illmer T,Ehninger G,Bornhäuser M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL) is an uncommon type of cutaneous lymphoma with an aggressive natural history. It generally carries a poor prognosis despite standard anthracycline-based chemotherapy. The optimum therapy is unknown. We report the case of a 66-year-old man with CD4/CD8 double negat...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Go RS,Gazelka H,Hogan JD,Wester SM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell patients are characterized by stress erythropoiesis involving cytokines, growth factors, and adhesion molecules. We set out to determine whether serum soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) levels, which are inversely related to red blood cell counts in sickle cell disease (SCD), reflect eryth...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Duits AJ,Rojer RA,van Endt T,MacGillavry MR,ten Cate H,Brandjes DP,Schnog JB

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines and adhesion molecules play an important role in the pathophysiology of vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease (SCD), and their in vivo profiles are potential tools for assessing SCD severity. We compared steady-state soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) serum levels to clinical (painful crisis...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Schnog JB,Rojer RA,Mac Gillavry MR,Ten Cate H,Brandjes DPM,Duits AJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of prophylactic antimicrobials during autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (APBSCT) remains controversial. A prospective study was therefore conducted to examine whether the use of prophylactic antimicrobials is necessary. In this study, all the antimicrobials were given therapeutically rather...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Yeh SP,Chiu CF,Lo WJ,Lin CL,Hsueh CT,Liao YM,Shen YC

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autosomal recessive "malignant" osteopetrosis is a rare congenital disorder relating to bone resorption abnormalities. It is believed to arise due to the failure of osteoclasts to resorb immature bone. This leads to abnormal bone marrow cavity formation and, clinically, to the signs and symptoms of bone marrow failure...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Chen CJ,Lee MY,Hsu ML,Lien SH,Cheng SN

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with malignancy often present with a variety of coagulation abnormalities which may ultimately lead to recurrent arterial and venous thromboses. Recently the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in cancer patients has been proposed as one of the potential mechanisms promoting hypercoagulability. Here we re...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Langer F,Eifrig B,Marx G,Stork A,Hegewisch-Becker S,Hossfeld DK

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy of an antithymocyte globulin/cyclophosphamide preparative regimen prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation from HLA-identical siblings in patients with severe aplastic anemia. Since 1990, 21 patients, 6 males and 15 females, with a median age of 25 years (range: 7-43) have been enroll...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kröger N,Zabelina T,Renges H,Krüger W,Kordes U,Rischewski J,Schrum J,Horstmann M,Ayuk F,Erttmann R,Kabisch H,Zander AR

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection commonly induces hematological abnormalities, most notably atypical lymphocytosis ("infectious mononucleosis"). In addition, mild decreases in platelet counts are commonly encountered in uncomplicated cases; however, severe thrombocytopenia is exceedingly rare. Here, we describ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Walter RB,Hong TC,Bachli EB

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the problem of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT) for advanced stage patients, we retrospectively analyzed 24 consecutive patients who underwent allo-BMT in the non-remission stage. Twenty-four patients (19 males and 5 females) with acute leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and malign...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Tabata M,Satake A,Okura N,Yamazaki Y,Toda A,Nishioka K,Tanaka H,Chin M,Itsukuma T,Yamaguchi M,Misawa M,Kai S,Hara H

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) with long-term disease-free survival who developed congestive heart failure (CHF) requiring cardiac transplantation. All three patients presented late-onset cardiotoxicity. Cardiac failure occurred progressively after 31-month, 32-month, and 14-month interv...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Thomas X,Le QH,Fiere D

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the association of leptin with hematological parameters in beta-thalassemia patients in Greece. We measured plasma levels of soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) and leptin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 40 beta-thalassemia patients (21 transfusion dependent and ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Dedoussis GV,Kyrtsonis MC,Andrikopoulos NE,Voskaridou E,Loutradis A

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this retrospective study, we evaluated the clinical features and the effects of various treatment modalities on the clinical course in patients diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) at our center between 1984-2000. We retrospectively examined the medical records of 321 (229 females, 92 males) ITP...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Pamuk GE,Pamuk ON,Başlar Z,Ongören S,Soysal T,Ferhanoğlu B,Aydin Y,Ulkü B,Aktuğlu G,Akman N

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemoglobin (Hb) Korle-Bu (beta73; Asp-Asn) is the most frequent of the rare beta-chain variants in the population of West Africa whereas Hb E (beta26; Glu-Lys) is common among the Southeast Asian population. We report a hitherto undescribed condition in which these two beta-chain variants co-segregate. The proband was...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Changtrakun Y,Fucharoen S,Ayukarn K,Siriratmanawong N,Fucharoen G,Sanchaisuriya K

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information regarding prognostic determinants of outcome after splenectomy for adult immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and the management of postsplenectomy relapse is limited. Among 140 adult patients with ITP who had therapeutic splenectomy at our institution, 88% achieved either a complete (platelets > 150 x 10...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kumar S,Diehn FE,Gertz MA,Tefferi A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 23-year-old female with severe neurologic dysfunction without a clear cause at the time of initial presentation. The search for an underlying malignancy revealed a slightly enlarged cervical lymph node with Hodgkin's disease (HD). There was no evidence of a brain tumor despite nonspecific brigh...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Kalinka E,Robak T,Wrzesien-Kus A,Krykowski E,Warzocha K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing the number of megakaryocytic cells in stem cell transplants by ex vivo expansion culture may provide an approach to accelerate platelet engraftment after high-dose chemotherapy. However, it is unknown if a relationship exists between the expansion potential of progenitor cells and the time to platelet engra...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Drayer AL,Smit Sibinga CT,Esselink MT,de Wolf JT,Vellenga E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BCR/ABL1 fusion gene is mainly caused by the t(9; 22)(q34; q11.2) translocation, which results in the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome. The Ph chromosome is the typical hallmark in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but can also be present in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The BCR/AB...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Pelz AF,Kröning H,Franke A,Wieacker P,Stumm M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the efficacy and toxicity of the combination of busulfan, cyclophosphamide, and etoposide (Bu/Cy/VP-16) as a preparative regimen prior to autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Fifty-three patients with recurren...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Hänel M,Kröger N,Sonnenberg S,Bornhäuser M,Krüger W,Kroschinsky F,Hänel A,Metzner B,Birkmann J,Schmid B,Hoffknecht MM,Fiedler F,Ehninger G,Zander AR

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin K2 induces differentiation of leukemic cell lines and apoptosis of immature blasts in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). We recently reported a case of MDS-refractory anemia (MDS-RA) with trilineage hematologic response to oral administration of menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analog. To determine a possible role of ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Takami A,Asakura H,Nakao S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper summarizes the results of the second German consensus meeting on immunogenetic donor search for allotransplantation of hematopoietic stem cells held in Essen in November 1999 under the auspices of the German Society for Immunogenetics (DGI) and the German Working Party for Blood and Marrow Transplant...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ottinger HD,Müller CR,Goldmann SF,Albert E,Arnold R,Beelen DW,Blasczyk R,Bunjes D,Casper J,Ebell W,Ehninger G,Eiermann T,Einsele H,Fauser A,Ferencik S,Finke J,Hertenstein B,Heyll A,Klingebiel T,Knipper A,Kremens B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral involvement is an unusual complication in multiple myeloma: herein four patients who presented myelomatous meningitis with multiple intraparenchymal lesions or a localized cerebral plasmacytoma are described. Two of these patients relapsed with meningeal involvement and a very limited disease outside the cent...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Patriarca F,Zaja F,Silvestri F,Sperotto A,Scalise A,Gigli G,Fanin R

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 13,525 haemoglobin analyses performed in our laboratory we detected 21 cases of haemoglobin D (Hb D) disease. Investigation of a family affected with this abnormal haemoglobin revealed two cases of Hb D/beta-(0) thalassaemia for the first time among Saudi Arabs. The two patients were diagnosed as having chronic ...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Ahmed M,Stuhrmann M,Bashawri L,Kühnau W,El-Harith EH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report a rare association of a splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma with villous lymphocytes and a T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia coexpressing CD4 and CD8 as well as CD56 and CD57 natural killer-associated markers in an asymptomatic patient investigated because of an occasional finding of...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Lima M,Gonçalves C,Marques L,Martin MC,Teixeira MA,Queirós ML,Santos AH,Balanzategui A,Garcia-Sanz R,Pinto-Ribeiro AC,Justiça B,Orfão A

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the prognostic factors for a successful mobilization and peripheral blood stem cell collection in a series of 57 consecutive patients with multiple myeloma (MM); a new scoring system to predict an adequate mobilization in this subset of patients was also constructed. A total of 221 aphereses were performed...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Perea G,Sureda A,Martino R,Altés A,Martínez C,Cabezudo E,Amill B,Martín-Henao GA,González Y,Muñoz L,Peyret M,Brunet S,Sierra J

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard conditioning for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation induces high transplant-related mortality (TRM) in patients with a poor performance status. Less intensive regimens have been tested to reduce the TRM; our purpose was to evaluate the feasibility and tolerability of a new combination: thiotepa and fludar...

journal_title：Annals of hematology

authors： Alessandrino EP,Bernasconi P,Colombo AA,Caldera D,Bonfichi M,Pagnucco G,Malcovati L,Varettoni M,Lazzarino M,Bernasconi C

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00