abstract：:During 1971-1988, 194 adults with de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML) received initial therapy at the University of Minnesota with an anthracycline-based regimen. Seventy-two of the 194 required further chemotherapy and received a second cycle of the same or similar therapy; 63 of these 72 were evaluable. For each ma...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hammerschmidt DE,Crea MT

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrillar granules (FGs) represent neutrophilic primary granules containing clustered filaments. We investigated neutrophils in the bone marrow obtained from 17 patients with chronic myeloproliferative disorders (CMPD) by electron microscopy. FG-positive neutrophils were seen in 15 of the 17 CMPDs with varying frequen...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Takemori N,Hirai K,Onodera R,Saito N,Miyokawa N

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since trisomy 12 is the most common chromosome abnormality found in CLL and MDM2 has been mapped to this chromosome, we examined the possible association of MDM2 in the pathogenesis of CLL. A rearrangement of the MDM2 gene was observed in 4 of 11 peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with CLL by Sout...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Huang YQ,Raphael B,Buchbinder A,Li JJ,Zhang WG,Friedman-Kien AE

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an enigmatic histiocytic proliferative disorder of unknown etiology that affects children primarily. We have investigated the possibility that viruses are etiological or that they have a "triggering effect" in LCH. Sensitive in situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PC...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： McClain K,Jin H,Gresik V,Favara B

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most reports of prognosis and therapy in diffuse small non-cleaved cell lymphoma (DSNCL), an aggressive high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) which appears to be of two histopathologic subtypes, have included predominantly a pediatric population and very few adults. We studied 20 newly diagnosed, previously untreate...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Morrison VA,Frizzera G,Arthur DC,Ogle KM,Hurd DD,Bloomfield CD,Peterson BA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25-year-old African-American man with sickle cell-beta(+)-thalassemia presented with acute asthma of 2 days' duration. The asthma was well controlled by 48 hr, and parenteral medications were changed to oral bronchodilators and steroids. Sixty hours after presentation, he developed pain similar to that of sickle cel...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Johnson K,Stastny JF,Rucknagel DL

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a rapid approach to detect the two most common alpha-thalassemia-2 (alpha-thal-2) determinants by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique, which takes a few hours to complete. Specific oligonucleotides selectively amplify appropriate segments of the chromosome with the deletion and the normal c...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Baysal E,Huisman TH

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infectious episode is the presenting manifestation of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in approximately 30% of cases. Most often this is bacterial and only rare cases of opportunistic fungal infection are described. We report a patient who presented with sporotrichal involvement of multiple cutaneous sites and lymph nodes...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kumar S,Kumar D,Gourley WK,Alperin JB

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1980 and 1988, 126 patients with leukemia were treated with piperazinedione and fractionated total body irradiation (TBI) followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from HLA matched siblings. Sixty-one patients had acute myelogenous leukemia, 46 acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and 19 chronic myelogenous ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dimopoulos MA,Yau JC,Huan SD,Jagannath S,Spitzer G,Spinolo JA,Zagars GK,LeMaistre CF,Dicke KA,Zander AR

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We molecularly characterized sixty-seven cases of Hb H disease by the polymerase chain reaction. The strategy depends on amplifying the alpha-thalassemia-1 (alpha-thal-1) gene by primers flanking the breakpoint and sequence differences of the 3' end of the alpha-globin gene and the nonhomologous elements I, II, and II...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Liu TC,Chiou SS,Lin SF,Chen TP,Tseng WP,Chen PH,Chang JG

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes studies investigating the use of a collagen binding assay to improve the laboratory monitoring of desmopressin (DDAVP) therapy in patients with von Willebrand's disease (vWD). We evaluated the response of seven patients with vWD (four type I, three type IIA) to DDAVP, administered using a standar...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Favaloro EJ,Dean M,Grispo L,Exner T,Koutts J

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-year-old white man with myasthenia gravis and red cell aplasia was found to have hepatic iron overload. The differential diagnosis included hereditary hemochromatosis and secondary iron overload related to red cell aplasia. Family studies of siblings, including HLA typing, initially suggested a diagnosis of secon...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Adams PC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentosan polysulfate is a low-molecular-weight sulfated polysaccharide used as an antithrombotic drug. We present two patients who developed thrombocytopenia and venous thrombosis during treatment with pentosan polysulfate. The relationship between pentosan polysulfate and thrombocytopenia is supported by platelet agg...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tardy-Poncet B,Tardy B,Grelac F,Reynaud J,Mismetti P,Bertrand JC,Guyotat D

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of pharmacologic agents that stimulate fetal hemoglobin production has been done mainly in baboons and macaques. We investigated whether results in transgenic mice can predict the stimulation of fetal hemoglobin in primates, by testing gamma globin induction in response to a new ribonucleotide reductase inh...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pace BS,Elford HL,Stamatoyannopoulos G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron studies were compared in 434 patients from 80 hemochromatosis families classified as putative homozygotes, heterozygotes, and normal by HLA typing. There were 28 of 255 (11%) heterozygotes with an elevated serum ferritin and 22 of 255 (8.6%) with an elevated transferrin saturation. Serum ferritin (140 +/- 10.2 mi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Adams PC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic lymphoma with villous lymphocytes (SLVL) is a relatively new entity with only a few reports published. We report seven cases of SLVL with detailed clinicopathologic and comprehensive immunophenotypic studies to further characterize this lymphoma, which is frequently confused with hairy cell leukemia and other ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sun T,Susin M,Brody J,Dittmar K,Teichberg S,Weiner R,Lin JH,Felber N

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 5' beta-globin gene flanking region has been carried out for numerous homozygous beta-thalassemia patients with different mutations and of various ethnic backgrounds. Four different rearrangements were found associated with numerous beta-thalassemia mutations. The (AT)X(T)Y repeat m...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dimovski AJ,Adekile AD,Divoky V,Baysal E,Huisman TH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative changes of hemostatic molecular markers were studied in patients with nephrotic syndrome. The plasma levels of fibrinopeptide A (FPA), thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT), products of thrombin activation, and fragment F1 + 2 (F1 + 2), a product of prothrombin activation, were measured by enzyme immuno...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chen TY,Huang CC,Tsao CJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycythemia vera (PCV) and multiple myeloma are both clonal disorders of hematopoietic stem cells. The simultaneous occurrence of these diseases in an individual patient is rare. A case of synchronous PCV and smoldering myeloma is presented and the literature is reviewed. The issues of clinical importance in this unu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Fink L,Bauer F,Perry JJ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hb Saint Nazaire [beta 103 (G5) Phe-->Ile] was found in four apparently unrelated French families. The five patients carrying this hemoglobin have been detected because of a moderate erythrocytosis. The structural abnormality of Hb Saint Nazaire concerns the same residue as in Hb Heathrow [beta 103 (G5) Phe-->Leu). A ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Wajcman H,Kister J,M'Rad A,Promé D,Milpied N,Rapp MJ,Harousseau JL,Riou J,Bardakdjian J,Galacteros F

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia (AMM) is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder arising from a single hematopoietic cell. Approximately 5% of reported cases of AMM have terminated in leukemic crisis; however, the precise characteristics of the leukemic cells have rarely been reported. We report a case of AMM that occurred...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Tasaka T,Nagai M,Murao S,Yamaguchi M,Kitanaka A,Sasaki K,Murata M,Tanaka T,Kuwabara H,Ikeda K

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we describe the time-dependent effects of a high dose (750 micrograms/ml/24 hr) continuous infusion of recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) on monocyte number, cytokine release, and superoxide anion production. Blood was taken from patients prior to rhGM-CSF infus...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Perkins RC,Vadhan-Raj S,Scheule RK,Hamilton R,Holian A

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Felty's syndrome (FS) and persistent profound neutropenia developed recurrent infections and sepsis syndrome. No impairment of granulocyte-macrophage colony development was observed in vitro. Marrow morphology revealed an absence of mature neutrophil forms despite administration of granulocyte-colony st...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pixley JS,Yoneda KY,Manalo PB

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variability in DNA content detected was found with image cytometry, in immature bone marrow cells from 13 healthy donors (median age 31 yr). The mean coefficient of variation (C.V.) of the DNA content was found to be significantly (P = 0.0002) higher in immature blasts and promyelocytes than in mature granulocytes, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Widell S,Auer G,Hast R,Reizenstein P

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FAB classification of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) has been useful in predicting prognosis; however, additional methods are required to detect patients at high risk for early conversion to acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia (ANLL). Using a panel of monoclonal antibodies to myelomonocytic surface antigens (MMSA) an...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Mittelman M,Karcher DS,Kammerman LA,Lessin LS

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old woman with mild bilateral parotid gland swelling and bilateral lower extremity purpura was admitted for evaluation of xerostomia and pancytopenia. The patient had an increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, pancytopenia, and positive tests for antibodies to nuclear antigen, SS-A, and SS-B. Impaired cell...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Seki T,Kiyosawa K,Monno S,Imai Y,Furukawa K,Kumazawa S,Ota M,Saito H,Furuta S,Nakahata T

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients presenting with Hodgkin's disease (HD) may show lung involvement characterized by contiguous spread from ipsilateral hilar lymph nodes. Lung consolidation or noncontiguous pulmonary involvement makes an alternative diagnosis more likely. This report describes a patient with HD in whom concurrent pulmonary bla...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Winquist EW,Walmsley SL,Berinstein NL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of corticosteroid- and/or splenectomy-refractory immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) includes vinca alkaloids, immunosuppressives, Danazol, intravenous gammaglobulin, and alpha-interferon. However, these treatments have often been associated with toxic side effects. Brox et al. (Br J Haematol 70:341-34...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Jubelirer SJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old previously well woman developed sudden onset of limb gangrene in association with liver dysfunction. An immediately acting inhibitor to factor V with some of the features of lupus anticoagulant was demonstrated. The patient required limb amputation within 2 weeks and activity of the anticoagulant seemed ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kapur A,Kelsey PR,Isaacs PE

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six patients with thrombotic microangiopathy associated with drug therapy had serial analyses of von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimeric patterns in their EDTA-plasma samples by sodium dodecyl sulfate-1% agarose gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. In the plasma of five patients (one with chronic myelogenous leukem...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Charba D,Moake JL,Harris MA,Hester JP

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various in vitro studies and clinical observations suggest that Fanconi's anemia (FA) patients are unable to detoxify adequately superoxide anions (O2-) released by activated phagocytes. Recent studies have shown that certain lymphokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Schultz JC,Shahidi NT

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 64-year-old woman with plasma cytoid lymphoma of the ileum and gastric wall. Serum protein electrophoresis and immunoelectrophoresis showed a triclonal IgG kappa, IgA kappa, and IgM kappa gammopathy. Biopsy of the tumor revealed three different cell types, which were stained with antibodies spe...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Murata T,Fujita H,Harano H,Hukawa M,Kanamori H,Matsuzaki M,Mohri H,Kudoh J,Shimizu N,Okubo T

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several syndromes characterized by striking eosinophilia may be complicated by thrombosis. The experiments described indicate that, paradoxically, eosinophils and certain of their constituents inhibit the activation of Hageman factor (HF, factor XII). In earlier studies, suspensions of mixed types of granulocytes, oth...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ratnoff OD,Gleich GJ,Shurin SB,Kazura J,Everson B,Embury P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly identified iron binding proteins isolated from rat duodenal homogenates permit better understanding of iron absorption. Mucins bind iron at acid pH to keep iron soluble and available for absorption at the more alkaline pH of the duodenum; this explains iron deficiency following prolonged achlorhydria. Integrin (...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Conrad ME,Umbreit JN

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 25-year-old black woman who presented with a long history of anemia requiring transfusions during childhood and adolescence. Molecular analysis revealed her to be a compound heterozygote for the sickle mutation and the approximately 22.7 kb deletion associated with hemoglobin Kenya. This patient's clinic...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Waye JS,Cai SP,Eng B,Chui DH,Francombe WH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) has shown promise as a means of alleviating leukopenia associated with a wide variety of disorders. It is currently undergoing evaluation as an adjunct to bone marrow transplantation but its use in patients with metabolic disorders, such as Hurler's syndrome (H...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Lang E,Cibull ML,Gallicchio VS,Henslee-Downey PJ,Davey DD,Messino MJ,Harder EJ

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), in comparison with plasma exchange (PE), in the treatment of patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic-uremic syndrome (TTP/HUS). DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized comparative study. SETTING:Hematology department in a general hos...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Finazzi G,Bellavita P,Falanga A,Viero P,Barbui T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating thrombomodulin is a novel endothelial cell marker, which may reflect the endothelial injury. Plasma levels of thrombomodulin were quantitated by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in patients with hematological malignancies, liver disease, diabetes mellitus, collagen disease, thrombotic disease, ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Takahashi H,Ito S,Hanano M,Wada K,Niwano H,Seki Y,Shibata A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare association of congenital afibrinogenemia and hereditary protein C deficiency is described in a 37-year-old female who suffered from ischemic necrosis in the left first toe. The diagnosis of afibrinogenemia was assessed by the absence of fibrinogen in clotting and immunological assays. The diagnosis of heredita...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Hanano M,Takahashi H,Itoh M,Shibata A

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we further established the role of interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), interleukin-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) as regulators of proliferation of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells. AML cells from 8 of 15 patients incorporated high levels of 3H-thymidin...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Carter A,Silvian-Draxler I,Tatarsky I

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00