Vol. 87 No. 5 (2002): May, 2002 | Haematologica

Open access journal of the Ferrata-Storti Foundation, a non-profit organization

Open access journal of the Ferrata-Storti Foundation, a non-profit organization

May, 2002

No. 87 (5)

Editorials

Are we sure we all do the same things? Results from a GITMO survey on basic practices in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (131 Online Views)

F Bonifazi, G Bandini, W Arcese

Clinical usefulness of arsenic trioxide in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (111 Online Views)

F Lo Coco

Cell division cycle manipulation and cancer treatment: a solid promise or just a dream? (125 Online Views)

A Iolascon, F Della Ragione

Articles

Association of specific cytogenetic aberrations with mdr1 gene expression in adult myeloid leukemia and its implication in treatment outcome (71 Online Views)

M Schaich, E Harbich-Brutscher, U Pascheberg, B Mohr, S Soucek, G Ehninger, T Illmer

Angiogenic activity of rat mast cells in the chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane is down-regulated by treatment with recombinant human alpha-2a interferon and partly mediated by fibroblast growth factor-2 (141 Online Views)

D Ribatti, E Crivellato, L Candussio, A Vacca, B Nico, V Benagiano, L Roncali, F Dammacco

High prevalence of a screening-detected, HFE-unrelated, mild idiopathic iron overload in Northern Italy (91 Online Views)

G Barosi, L Salvaneschi, M Grasso, M Martinetti, M Marchetti, U Bodini, A Reggiani, F D'Agostino, G Nalli, A Degiuli, A De Silvestri, E Arbustini

Patterns of iron distribution in liver cells in beta-thalassemia studied by X-ray microanalysis (129 Online Views)

G Faa, M Terlizzo, C Gerosa, T Congiu, E Angelucci

Intracellular tumor necrosis factor production by T- and B-cells in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (220 Online Views)

A Bojarska-Junak, J Rolinski, E Wasik-Szczepaneko, Z Kaluzny, A Dmoszynska

Dose intensification with autologous stem cell transplantation in relapsed and resistant Hodgkin's disease (69 Online Views)

AP Anselmo, E Cavalieri, G Meloni, G Alimena, M Cantonetti, R Maurizi Enrici, ME Tosti, M Falchetto Osti, V Gianfelici, F Mandelli

Normalization rates of compression ultrasonography in patients with a first episode of deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs: association with recurrence and new thrombosis (383 Online Views)

F Piovella, L Crippa, M Barone, S Vigano D'Angelo, S Serafini, L Galli, C Beltrametti, A D'Angelo

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancies: survival and prognostic factors (185 Online Views)

M Subira, R Martino, T Franquet, C Puzo, A Altes, A Sureda, S Brunet, J Sierra

Chronic disseminated candidiasis in patients with hematologic malignancies. Clinical features and outcome of 29 episodes (321 Online Views)

L Pagano, L Mele, L Fianchi, L Melillo, B Martino, D D'Antonio, ME Tosti, B Posteraro, M Sanguinetti, G Trape, F Equitani, M Carotenuto, G Leone

Update on chronic hepatitis C in hemophiliacs (315 Online Views)

M Franchini, F Capra, A Tagliaferri, G Rossetti, M De Gironcoli, P Rocca, G Aprili, G Gandini

Letters to the Editor

Reliability of measurements of serum alanine transaminase activity and the impact on the cut-off value for the selection of blood donors (89 Online Views)

F Morisco, F Rosmini

The place of rituximab in the treatment algorithm for post-stem cell transplant autoimmune hemolytic anemia (138 Online Views)

S Chakrabarti

Can (18)F-FDG PET after first cycle chemotherapy predict the efficacy of therapy in Hodgkin's disease? (82 Online Views)

L Rigacci, A Castagnoli, A Carpaneto, V Carrai, L Vaggelli, M Matteini

Leukocytosis and hyperleptinemia in obesity: is there a link? (78 Online Views)

F Perfetto, F Mancuso, R Tarquini

Autosomal dominant macrothrombocytopenia with ineffective thrombopoiesis (280 Online Views)

F Fabris, F Fagioli, G Basso, A Girolami

Case Reports

Low affinity and unstable hemoglobin variant caused by AAC-->ATC (Asn-->Ile) mutation at codon 108 of the beta-globin gene (230 Online Views)

ES Ma, EY Chow, AY Chan, CM Chu, SY Lin, LC Chan

Two more inv(16) acute myeloid leukemia cases with infrequent CBFbeta-MYH11 fusion transcript: clinical and molecular findings (77 Online Views)

G Martinelli, E Ottaviani, S Buonamici, A Isidori, M Malagola, P Piccaluga, M Baccarani

A further case of acute myeloid leukaemia with inv(8)(p11q13) and MOZ-TIF2 fusion (168 Online Views)

A Billio, EJ Steer, G Pianezze, M Svaldi, M Casin, B Amato, P Coser, NC Cross

Negative stain for myeloid peroxidase and Sudan black B in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells: report of two patients with APL variant (239 Online Views)

W Cui, S Qing, Y Xu, Y Hao, Y Xue, G He

Early onset of evans syndrome following autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation in a child (106 Online Views)

M Gonzalez-Vicent, MA Diaz, F Garcia-Sanchez, J Molina, L Madero

Elevated levels of factor VIII:C, oral contraceptives and thrombosis: report of a case (176 Online Views)

A Faricciotti, P Bucciarelli, A Vismara, T Porro, A Guariglia, R Castelli

Secondary acute monocytic leukemia with a translocation t(8;22)(p11;q13) (212 Online Views)

T Tasaka, M Nagai, Y Matsuhashi, E Uehara, T Tamura, T Ishida, N Kakazu, T Abe

Occurrence of a FAB-M1 AML in a child during treatment of APL: emergence of an immature clone or a therapy related-AML? (87 Online Views)

L Lo Nigro, G Schiliro

Clinical Trial

Arsenic trioxide therapy for relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia: a bridge to transplantation (109 Online Views)

F Leoni, G Gianfaldoni, M Annunziata, R Fanci, S Ciolli, C Nozzoli, F Ferrara

Downstaging Rai stage III B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients with the administration of recombinant human erythropoietin (174 Online Views)

GA Pangalis, MP Siakantaris, MK Angelopoulou, TP Vassilakopoulos, MN Dimopoulou, MC Kyrtsonis, K Konstantopoulos, P Tsaftaridis, GA Vaiopoulos, FN Kontopidou

High versus low doses of unfractionated heparin for the treatment of superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg. A prospective, controlled, randomized study (217 Online Views)

A Marchiori, F Verlato, P Sabbion, G Camporese, F Rosso, L Mosena, GM Andreozzi, P Prandoni

Novel erythropoiesis stimulating protein exerts an effect on platelet function in uremia equivalent to that exerted by recombinant human erythropoietin (100 Online Views)

B Fuste, G Escolar, A Cases, J Lopez-Pedret, A Ordinas, M Diaz-Ricart

Intensified induction followed by high-dose therapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell support in poor-prognosis aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: results of a pilot study (82 Online Views)

SJ Choi, BY Ryoo, SS Lee, Y Park, BS Kim, YK Kang

Comparative Studies

Factor XI deficiency in Iranians: its clinical manifestations in comparison with those of classic hemophilia (210 Online Views)

F Peyvandi, M Lak, PM Mannucci

The characteristics of megaloblastic anemia associated with thalassemia (394 Online Views)

JY You, CC Chen, EK Lin, CH Ho

Performance evaluation of the CoaguChek S system (148 Online Views)

W Plesch, P Klimpel