abstract：:Three Indonesian patients with identical genotypes, each compound heterozygotes for Filipino beta(o)-thalassemia/HbE, expressed different clinical severities. One patient has mild disease and is transfusion independent, while the other two are severely affected and transfusion dependent. The size of the Filipino beta(...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Setianingsih I,Williamson R,Daud D,Harahap A,Marzuki S,Forrest S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral-mediated gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells provides the only means of stable transduction of these cells and their progeny for use with a variety of potentially therapeutic genes. Expression of the Moloney amphotropic retroviral receptor-pit-2 or GLVR-2-is critical to the recognition and entry of ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kaubisch A,Ward M,Schoetz S,Hesdorffer C,Bank A

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-seven patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukaemia and fourteen healthy controls have been evaluated for lineage differentiation with immunological markers on purified bone marrow CD34 positive cells by multiparameter flow cytometry. The myeloid-associated antigen CD33 and the stem cell factor receptor...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Martín-Henao GA,Quiroga R,Sureda A,García J

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL) is a rare disorder characterized by production of a monoclonal light chain. This insoluble light chain, or a fragment thereof, deposits in tissues as amyloid and results in disruption of organ function and, ultimately, in death. Although melphalan and prednisone are benefici...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gertz MA,Lacy MQ,Lust JA,Greipp PR,Witzig TE,Kyle RA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of circulating progenitor cells to develop erythroid colonies was studied in vitro in the presence or absence of growth factors (5637-CM and erythropoietin) in 63 patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) (36 homozygotes for hemoglobin [Hb] S, 13 double heterozygotes for Hb S and beta thalassemia, and 14 SC ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Perlingeiro RC,Costa FF,Saad ST,Arruda VR,Queiroz ML

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively measured various hemostatic markers in 240 patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) before the onset of DIC and in 110 non-DIC patients, and examined their usefulness for the diagnosis of pre-DIC. Changes in prothrombin time ratio and fibrinogen levels were not significant before t...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wada H,Sakuragawa N,Mori Y,Takagi M,Nakasaki T,Shimura M,Hiyoyama K,Nisikawa M,Gabazza EC,Deguchi K,Kazama M,Shiku H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycythemia vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative disorder characterized by thrombotic and, less often, bleeding complications. Many mechanisms have been advanced to explain the occurrence of these complications, none of them satisfactory. We examined a cohort of 27 patients with PV, secondary erythrocytosis, and essenti...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lugassy G,Filin I

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-rich plasma were treated with increasing concentrations of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol). Washed platelets were exposed to oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL) and examined by aggregometry and electron microscopy. The treatment of washed platelets by oxidized LDL induced morphological signs of activation lik...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Szuwart T,Dierichs RB,Zhao B

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may convert to a diffuse large cell lymphoma (Richter's syndrome) over time. In occasional cases of Richter's transformation, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been identified in the lymphoma cells. To evaluate the association of EBV infection with Richter's syndrome, the biopsy specimens...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ansell SM,Li CY,Lloyd RV,Phyliky RL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of idiopathic immune-mediated von Willebrand's disease (AvWD) associated angiodysplasia and recurrent lower gastrointestinal bleeding is reported. Coagulation parameters at presentation were activated partial thromboplastin time of 41 sec, bleeding time >15 min, factor VIII procoagulant activity, 5%; von Willeb...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Alhumood SA,Devine DV,Lawson L,Nantel SH,Carter CJ

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) on the surface membrane of neutrophils (mNAP) was studied by immunofluorescence using an anti-ALP monoclonal antibody. Fluorescent intensity distribution of mNAP was analyzed using FACS (fluorescence-activated cell sorter). The mean fluorescent intensity (MFI) of the mNAP in th...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Shibano M,Machii T,Nishimori Y,Nakamoto I,Ueda E,Masuhara K,Kitani T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defects in stomatin, alpha-adducin, and beta-adducin have been implicated in erythrocyte disorders of cation permeability. We performed linkage analysis of the genetic loci for these proteins in a large kindred with xerocytosis (dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis). Using polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping te...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Innes DS,Sinard JH,Gilligan DM,Snyder LM,Gallagher PG,Morrow JS

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical, molecular, and immunohistological findings of 20 Chinese patients with mantle cell lymphoma diagnosed over a 10-year period. The disease affected mainly elderly patients (median age, 65.5 years) with a male predominance (M/F, 3/1). Eighty percent presented with advanced stage III/IV disease but...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Chan AC,Choo CK,Kwong YL,Lie AK,Liang R

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although karyotypic abnormalities are well documented in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), few sequential cytogenetic studies have been done. In this study, peripheral blood lymphocytes from fifty-one patients with B-CLL were sequentially karyotyped over a mean interval of 13.8 months (range, one to 51 mont...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Finn WG,Kay NE,Kroft SH,Church S,Peterson LC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using Dexter-type long-term marrow cultures (D-LTMC), it has been shown previously that hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPC) from patients with aplastic anemia (AA) have a deficient proliferation in vitro. The studies reported to date, however, have focused exclusively on granulomonocytic progenitors and no informa...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gómez-Morales E,Martinez-Jaramillo G,Sánchez-Valle E,Valencia-Plata I,Arana-Trejo RM,Castro MA,Pizzuto-Chávez J,Mayani H

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objectives were to measure and compare plasminogen activator inhibitor levels (PAI-1) in primary adult thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and in secondary TTP associated with bone marrow transplantation (BMT)-TTP. PAI-1 antigen levels were measured by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay on platelet poor pl...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Anthony MT,Zeigler ZR,Lister J,Raymond JM,Shadduck RK,Kramer RE,Gryn JF,Rintels PB,Besa EC,George JN,Silver B,Joyce R,Bodensteiner D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a complex acquired coagulopathy resulting from excessive thrombin formation. Abnormal tissue factor (TF) expression is a major mechanism initiating DIC in many disorders, including obstetrical complications, sepsis, cancer, and trauma. Numerous laboratory tests are avail...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Carey MJ,Rodgers GM

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD7 antigen, a T-cell lineage associated antigen, is expressed in a minority of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The biologic and clinical significance of this finding is not clearly established. In this retrospective study of patients with de novo acute myeloid leukemia, we have identified CD7 expression a...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Saxena A,Sheridan DP,Card RT,McPeek AM,Mewdell CC,Skinnider LF

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The soluble form of Fas (sFas) can block apoptosis induced by the Fas ligand in vitro. A recent report demonstrated that mice injected with sFas displayed autoimmune features. Therefore, an elevated serum concentration of sFas may be associated with lymphoproliferation and autoimmune diseases. We measured the serum co...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yufu Y,Choi I,Hirase N,Tokoro A,Noguchi Y,Goto T,Uike N,Kozuru M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (Et-1) is a vasoconstrictor produced by endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells in response to hypoxia, which induces hypertrophy in cultured cardiac myocytes. We measured plasma Et-1 levels and left ventricular dimensions in 13 patients with sickle cell anemia (SCD) and in 12 African-American contro...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Werdehoff SG,Moore RB,Hoff CJ,Fillingim E,Hackman AM

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with more than one defect in natural coagulant/anticoagulant systems have been postulated to be at an increased risk for thrombotic events. We report a case of combined protein S and C deficiency in a young woman, which resulted in fatal arterial mesenteric thrombosis. The role of coagulation defects in ar...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Atkins KA,Zehnder JL

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We experienced two rare cases of pernicious anemia that presented in the course of mycosis fungoides in elderly males. Pernicious anemia has recently been reported to be caused by autoimmune gastritis that produces autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells and intrinsic factor. Immunological abnormalities in mycosis fu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Saitoh T,Murakami H,Hayashi K,Matsushima T,Tamura J,Karasawa M,Naruse T,Tsuchiya J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between thrombocytopenia and the level of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and/or the existence of lupus anticoagulant (LA) ware studied in 146 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These patients were divided into six groups: A, those LA positive with a high level of aCL (>10 U/ml) (10 ca...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nojima J,Suehisa E,Kuratsune H,Machii T,Toku M,Tada H,Yamaguti K,Koike T,Kanakura Y,Kitani T,Amino N

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) is currently recommended as an antithrombotic for patients with essential thrombocythemia (ET) who are at an increased risk of thrombotic events. However, ASA is also associated with an increased risk of bleeding in these patients as compared to the risk of bleeding in other patients treated...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cortelazzo S,Marchetti M,Orlando E,Falanga A,Barbui T,Buchanan MR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on 3 female patients with immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) for whom diagnostic procedures evidenced a chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In 2 cases, a transfusion performed more than 10 years ago represented the probable way of contamination. One patient received a course of steroids, which...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bauduer F,Marty F,Larrouy M,Ducout L

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this descriptive study, all 425 reports were included concerning drug-associated agranulocytosis as registered between 1974 and 1994 in the files of the Drug Safety Unit of the Dutch Inspectorate for Health Care. All reports were analysed as to the probability of agranulocytosis or neutropenia according to previous...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： van der Klauw MM,Wilson JH,Stricker BH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of T-cell large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia and rheumatoid arthritis is well described and it is now recognized that these patients and patients with Felty's syndrome represent different aspects of a single disease process. Most patients have rheumatoid arthritis at the time of diagnosis of LGL ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Yoe J,Gause BL,Curti BD,Longo DL,Bagg A,Kopp WC,Janik JE

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While surgery is commonly required for complications related to hemoglobin SC (HbSC) disease, little is known about the perioperative complications or the indications for preoperative transfusion in this group. We describe the patient characteristics, preoperative transfusion regimens, and outcome in 92 patients with ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Neumayr L,Koshy M,Haberkern C,Earles AN,Bellevue R,Hassell K,Miller S,Black D,Vichinsky E

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 37-year-old untransfused, non-drinking man with Hemoglobin H-CS disease presented with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, markedly elevated serum ferritin level, and marked iron deposition in hepatocytes. He did not carry either of the two common mutations of the HLA-H gene for hereditary hemochromatosis, namely, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Chan V,Todd D

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) (250 microg/m2) was administered subcutaneously to 7 normal volunteers for up to 14 days to study its effects on neutrophil kinetics and function. With treatment, blood neutrophil counts rose gradually to peak at 3 1/2 times baseline by day 14. At day 5 marrow ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dale DC,Liles WC,Llewellyn C,Price TH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"PVP storage disease" is a disorder occurring in patients who have received high molecular weight polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), which cannot be excreted from the body. These large polymers deposit in the histiocytes and cause proliferation and infiltration of histiocytes in the reticuloendothelial system. There was usua...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dunn P,Kuo T,Shih LY,Wang PN,Sun CF,Chang MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) derived from distinct anatomical sites were tested for the presence of genetic lesions commonly involved in B-cell lymphomagenesis, including activation of proto-oncogenes (BCL-1, BCL-2, BCL-6, and c-MYC), disruption of tumor suppressor loci (p53, 6q),...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gaidano G,Volpe G,Pastore C,Chiarle R,Capello D,Gloghini A,Perissinotto E,Savinelli F,Bosco M,Mazza U,Pileri S,Palestro G,Carbone A,Saglio G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied telomere length in the bone marrow cells or the granulocyte and lymphocyte cell fractions of 54 patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) by Southern blot hybridization using the (TTAGGG)4 probe. The average telomere length expressed as the peak telomere repeat array (TRA) in the peripheral blood, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Boultwood J,Fidler C,Kusec R,Rack K,Elliott PJ,Atoyebi O,Chapman R,Oscier DG,Wainscoat JS

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical features of patients with splenic marginal zone cell lymphoma (SMZCL) have rarely been reported. In the present study, immunological abnormalities, particularly hematological abnormalities, observed in SMZCL were described. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, immune thrombocytopenia, and appearance of lupus anti...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Murakami H,Irisawa H,Saitoh T,Matsushima T,Tamura J,Sawamura M,Karasawa M,Hosomura Y,Kojima M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular complications are the main cause of morbidity in diabetes mellitus. To evaluate lipoprotein and hemostatic parameters and their relationship with clinically detectable microangiopathy, we studied 58 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients and 60 controls matched for age, sex, and body mass index. Thirtee...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Reverter JL,Reverter JC,Tàssies D,Rius F,Monteagudo J,Rubiés-Prat J,Escolar G,Ordinas A,Sanmarti A

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycythemia vera (PV) is associated with a high incidence of thrombosis. The association of apparent and secondary polycythemia with thrombosis is not clear. It was suggested that activation of the coagulation system contributes to thrombus formation in PV. However, the mechanism of activation is unknown. Monocytes g...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kornberg A,Rahimi-Levene N,Yona R,Mor A,Rachmilewitz EA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-one patients with polycythemia vera (PV) according to the PVSG criteria were analysed retrospectively from January 1960 to March 1996. There were 23 male and 18 female patients with a median follow-up of 66.5 months (3-431 months). Median age was 62 (range: 37-85). The median hemoglobin level at diagnosis was 18...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chim CS,Kwong YL,Chan PT,Liang R

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of chemotherapy remain unsatisfactory for many patients with advanced lymphomas. Both standard and more aggressive chemotherapy regimens might have their respective role in the management of theses diseases. We have tested the feasibility and assessed the toxicity and activity of a LNH84-derived chemothera...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Laurencet FM,Zulian GB,Bauer J,Mermillod B,Iten PA,Alberto P

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is due to different membrane protein defects (i.e., deficiency of spectrin and ankyrin, band 3, or band 4.2). In order to gain new insight into the relationships between band 3 function and proteins associated with the cytoskeleton, we studied erythrocyte anion transport activity in HS ch...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： De Franceschi L,Olivieri O,Miraglia del Giudice E,Perrotta S,Sabato V,Corrocher R,Iolascon A

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a high prevalence of thalassemia in the Taiwan area. Prenatal diagnosis of severe forms of thalassemia is important for the prevention of this disease. We performed prenatal diagnosis in 167 cases, of which 59 cases were diagnosed by chorionic villi biopsy, 91 cases by amniotic fluid analysis, and 17 cases by...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Liu TC,Lin SF,Yang TY,Lee JP,Chen TP,Chang JG

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00