abstract：:This study was designed to explore the value of markers of bone turnover, macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha), and osteopontin (OPN) in the diagnosis of myeloma bone disease. Twenty-five patients with newly diagnosed and untreated multiple myeloma (MM), and 22 age-, sex-, and bone mineral density-match...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dizdar O,Barista I,Kalyoncu U,Karadag O,Hascelik G,Cila A,Pinar A,Celik I,Kars A,Tekuzman G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) due to a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Initially this case was diagnosed as congenital von Willebrand disease (VWD); however, re-examination of the medical history rendered a congenital bleeding disorder unlikely. A normal plasma von Wi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Eikenboom JC,Tjernberg P,Van Marion V,Heering KJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cell dyscrasias are a group of clinically and biochemically diverse disorders of unknown etiology, characterized by the disproportionate proliferation of one or more clones of B cells, and the presence of a structurally and electrophoretically homogeneous (monoclonal) immunoglobulin or polypeptide subunit in se...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kapoor P,Singh E,Radhakrishnan P,Mehta P

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precursor B-ALL blasts may be positive for CD20 in up to 50% of cases. There are few reports on the use of the anti CD20 monoclonal antibody, rituximab, in children with B-ALL. We report on two adult patients with precursor B-ALL who developed significant hepatic toxicity during induction chemotherapy. Single agent ri...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Koren-Michowitz M,Rahimi-Levene N,Volcheck Y,Hardan I,Kornberg A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to analyze clinical and/or autopsy findings at the time of death among adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) at Howard University in Washington, DC over a 25-year period. A single physician recorded circumstances of death among 141 adult SCD patients he treated and knew well from 1976 to 2...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Darbari DS,Kple-Faget P,Kwagyan J,Rana S,Gordeuk VR,Castro O

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepcidin is a small defensin-like peptide whose production by hepatocytes is modulated in response to anemia, hypoxia, or inflammation. Hepcidin could also act as an indicator of functional iron deficiency in these patients. Cross-sectional study was performed to assess hepcidin correlations with renal function, iron ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Malyszko J,Malyszko JS,Pawlak K,Mysliwiec M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of T-cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorder (CLPD) that shows neither features of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia nor disease progression for more than 34 months. Flow cytometric analyses of the lymphocytes revealed high expression of CD4 and CD25. Up-regulation of Foxp3, a master regulatory gene fo...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kikuchi T,Katayama Y,Kubonishi S,Watanabe T,Watanabe Y,Matsuoka K,Maeda Y,Namba N,Masunari T,Nasu R,Ikeda K,Tanimoto M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AL amyloidosis, a systemic disorder characterized by widespread deposition of amyloid fibrils derived from monoclonal Ig light chains in organs and soft tissues, is typically caused by an underlying plasma cell dyscrasia. However, this disease can also be associated rarely with a B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder. I...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sanchorawala V,Blanchard E,Seldin DC,O'Hara C,Skinner M,Wright DG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the prognostic value of parameters of angiogenesis on bone marrow biopsies in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM) patients. Angiogenesis parameters studied were the microvessel count done manually on light microscopy (MVD-A), microvessel count done by using computerized image analyzer (MVD-B), and total v...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Bhatti SS,Kumar L,Dinda AK,Dawar R

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) occasionally infects T and NK cells and causes EBV-infected T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative disease (LPD), which comprises chronic active EBV infection, EBV-associated hemophagocytic syndrome, mosquito allergy, hydroa vacciniforme, aggressive NK-cell leukemia, and NK/T-cell lymphoma. The diagnos...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sawada A,Sato E,Koyama M,Higuchi B,Kusuki S,Kim JY,Takeshita Y,Sakata A,Sakata N,Okamura T,Yasui M,Inoue M,Kawa K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The histopathologic features characterizing the involvement of the bone marrow (BM) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have not been systematically analyzed to date. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to assess morphologic and immunohistochemical characteristics of BM involvement in SLE. PATIENTS AND ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Voulgarelis M,Giannouli S,Tasidou A,Anagnostou D,Ziakas PD,Tzioufas AG

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 21 year-old female with echinocytosis and a littoral cell hemangioma is reported. The patient had no significant past medical history and presented with abdominal pain and splenomegaly. A large percentage of echinocytes were noted on her peripheral smear in the absence of any known causes. A CT-recognize...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Altomare I,Desman G,Aledort LM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional treatment of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) yields modest responses and short remissions. We report 30 hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) for MCL: 13 autologous, 10 allogeneic myeloablative, and 7 nonablative. After a median 1.2 years from diagnosis (range 0.5 to 4.7) and a median of 2 pre-HSCT chemot...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Laudi N,Arora M,Burns L,McGlave P,Miller J,Bohac G,Rogers T,Barker J,Coad J,Weisdorf D

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of an immunocompetent woman who developed disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) due to acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and was successfully treated with plasma exchange. Extensive investigations revealed no other cause for her DIC, and she did not have any recurrence after more than 1 y...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Niewold TB,Bundrick JB

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granulysin is a newly identified CTL/NK cell-related cytotoxic protein, which is secreted in both constitutive and Ca-dependent manner. To evaluate its significance in stem-cell transplantation (SCT), serum granulysin was measured by newly established ELISA method in 26 patients undergoing SCT (21 allogeneic and 5 aut...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Nagasawa M,Isoda T,Itoh S,Kajiwara M,Morio T,Shimizu N,Ogawa K,Nagata K,Nakamura M,Mizutani S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celecoxib, a specific cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) inhibitor, has been shown to possess antitumor activity in a variety of cancer cells. However, the antitumor activity of celecoxib in hematopoietic tumors, especially in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), has not been well established. This study was designed to investigate ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zhang GS,Liu DS,Dai CW,Li RJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) associated with giant cell hepatitis (GCH) is a rare disorder in infants. AIHA usually precedes the development of liver disease by months to years. Early recognition of the disease and prompt institution of immunosuppressive therapy results in clinical remission and prevents liver d...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Kashyap R,Sarangi JN,Choudhry VP

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia developing in the course of chemotherapy for malignant disease is usually attributed to drug-induced marrow suppression and/or marrow replacement by tumor. We describe two patients who developed severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic symptoms while being treated with oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Curtis BR,Kaliszewski J,Marques MB,Saif MW,Nabelle L,Blank J,McFarland JG,Aster RH

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten patients developing lymphomas after disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) (methotrexate, n = 3, mean cumulative dose = 3.4 g; cyclophosphamide, n = 2, mean dose = 70 g; azathioprine, n = 6, mean dose = 243 g) were investigated. Methotrexate-related lymphomas were Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive, had inf...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Au WY,Ma ES,Choy C,Chung LP,Fung TK,Liang R,Kwong YL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin, employed clinically for more than 50 years, is still a widely used anticoagulant. Unfortunately, some patients given this agent develop thrombocytopenia and thrombosis. Because this side effect can have catastrophic consequences, it is imperative that all clinicians caring for patients who receive heparin hav...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Davoren A,Aster RH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients initially diagnosed with type 1 von Willebrand disease (VWD) have been reclassified as type 2 after a more exhaustive analysis in several studies. Our study's objectives were (1) to reanalyze patients that were previously diagnosed as type 1 to achieve a more accurate diagnosis and (2) to compare the von Will...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Penas N,Pérez-Rodríguez A,Torea JH,Lourés E,Noya MS,López-Fernández MF,Batlle J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenases (COX) are key enzymes in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins. Several studies have shown a relation between angiogenesis and COX-2 expression. Elevated expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), however, has not been reported in multiple myeloma (MM) in the literature. The aim of this stu...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Cetin M,Buyukberber S,Demir M,Sari I,Sari I,Deniz K,Eser B,Altuntas F,Camci C,Oztürk A,Turgut B,Vural O,Unal A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in chemotherapeutic agents, the prognosis for some cancers remains extremely poor, suggesting the need for other treatment modalities. Immunotherapy appears an ideal approach because the mechanisms of tumor cell killing induced by tumor vaccines are different from those from chemotherapy. Various inve...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dadabayev AR,Wang Z,Zhang Y,Zhang J,Robinson WR,Lim SH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary meningeal hematopoiesis (EMH) represents an uncommon finding after stem-cell transplantation. We describe the case of an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) recipient who developed EMH 1 month after radiation myelitis had been diagnosed. A 39-year-old man with multiple myeloma underwent matched...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Sakai M,Ohashi K,Kobayashi T,Yamashita T,Akiyama H,Nemoto T,Kishida S,Kamata N,Sakamaki H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibody production following allogeneic stem-cell transplantation is common and is often ascribed to the immune dysregulation associated with graft-versus-host disease. Recent data suggests that donor-memory B cells can be reactivated on exposure to antigen and result in antibody production in the recipient ident...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ritchie DS,Sainani A,D'Souza A,Grigg AP

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A single-tube osmotic fragility test has been proposed for thalassemia screening with a range of different concentrations of saline having been employed. We have compared the sensitivity and specificity of 0.32%, 0.34%, and 0.36% buffered saline, and on the basis of our findings, recommend the use of 0.36% saline. Thi...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Chow J,Phelan L,Bain BJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a pilot study to reduce the duration of treatment and potential long-term toxicities, 39 patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia in remission received a single cycle of intensive consolidation therapy, followed by intermittent ATRA maintenance. Consolidation therapy required prolonged hospitalization and was ass...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Gore SD,Smith BD,Gojo I,Grever M,Kaufmann SH,Letendre L,Leonard DG,Marcucci G,Miller CB,Morris L,Piantadosi S,Prior T,Stock W,Karp JE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fat embolism syndrome is an important complication of patients with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies because of severe morbidity and mortality. Our recent experience with three cases that survived with intensive supportive care and prompt use of transfusion stimulates this review. A high index of suspicion, prompt u...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Dang NC,Johnson C,Eslami-Farsani M,Haywood LJ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute sickle cell painful episode is the most common cause of hospitalization of patients with sickle cell anemia. Its detailed clinical features and peri-discharge features are not well known. In order to determine the actual pattern of hospital admissions of patients with SS and the causes of frequent hospital r...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ballas SK,Lusardi M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is an autoimmune disease which involves opsonization of platelets by autoantibodies directed against different surface glycoproteins, leading to their premature destruction by the reticuloendothelial system. Management of patients with refractory ITP is difficult. Recent studies hav...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Braendstrup P,Bjerrum OW,Nielsen OJ,Jensen BA,Clausen NT,Hansen PB,Andersen I,Schmidt K,Andersen TM,Peterslund NA,Birgens HS,Plesner T,Pedersen BB,Hasselbalch HC

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) inhibits the polymerization of sickle hemoglobin, modulating the clinical features of sickle cell anemia (SCA). Hydroxyurea (HU) therapy can increase the HbF level, although its production can be influenced by genetic determinants. Twenty-two Brazilian SCA patients were evaluated over 5 years be...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Vicari P,Barretto de Mello A,Figueiredo MS

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common but often unrecognized in medically ill patients. Over the past 5 years, three large-scale placebo-controlled trials enrolling a total of 5500 medically ill patients have highlighted the risk of VTE in this group. These trials have helped to define a specific at-risk patient prof...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Stinnett JM,Pendleton R,Skordos L,Wheeler M,Rodgers GM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes a patient with hepatitis C virus infection responding to pegylated INF/ribaviron therapy, who developed immune thrombocytopenia. The severe thrombocytopenia failed to resolve with cessation of the peg-IFN/ribaviron. Because of rising hepatitis C virus RNA levels and evidence of rising serum ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Weitz IC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is thought to be mediated via auto-antibodies produced by lymphoid B cells. This may be an idiopathic process or secondary to an underlying infection or lymphoproliferative disorder. Conventional treatment comprises immunosuppression with corticosteroids and, in some cases, splenectomy. A p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ramanathan S,Koutts J,Hertzberg MS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 36-month period, 46 consecutive Mexican mestizos with a clinical marker associated with a primary hypercoagulable state were prospectively assessed by searching for the sticky platelet syndrome (SPS), the activated protein C resistance (aPCR) phenotype, coagulation protein C activity and antigen, coagulation pr...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Ruiz-Argüelles GJ,López-Martínez B,Valdés-Tapia P,Gómez-Rangel JD,Reyes-Núñez V,Garcés-Eisele J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a leukemic transformation following a 27-year history of idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF) is presented. The patient had two chromosomal abnormalities: a deletion of chromosome 13, del 13(q12q14), and a deletion of chromosome 11, del 11(q14q23). This patient's final diagnosis was acute micromegakaryocytic leuke...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Toubai T,Tanaka J,Higa T,Ota S,Ibata M,Shono Y,Mashiko S,Miura Y,Umehara S,Kahata K,Toyoshima N,Morioka M,Asaka M,Kasai M,Imamura M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased von Willebrand factor (VWF)-cleaving protease activity (<5%) has been implicated in patients with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome (Upshaw-Schulman syndrome) and associated with mutations within the ADAMTS13 gene. In this report, we describe longitudinal studies in a p...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Snider CE,Moore JC,Warkentin TE,Finch CN,Hayward CP,Kelton JG

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to assess the cytokine profile of sickle cell disease (SCD) patients in steady state and in vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). VOC has a complex nature, involving interactions between sickle red blood cells (RBC), the endothelium, and leucocytes. Endothelial damage due to recurrent adhesion of sickl...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Pathare A,Al Kindi S,Alnaqdy AA,Daar S,Knox-Macaulay H,Dennison D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for acute myeloid leukemia. Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) developed, with persistent symptomatic oral lesions. At 2 and 6 years post-HSCT, both patients developed squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the tongue in areas previously ...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Szeto CH,Shek TW,Lie AK,Au WY,Yuen AP,Kwong YL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the mechanisms explaining the wide variation in platelet counts (PLT) and other hematologic parameters in humans. We previously showed that the sex-based difference in hematocrit was associated with nucleotide variation in the erythropoietin receptor gene (EPOR). We sought to identify new polymor...

journal_title：American journal of hematology

authors： Zeng SM,Murray JC,Widness JA,Strauss RG,Yankowitz J

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00