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The Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases was founded by Giuseppe Leone, Professor of Hematology at the Catholic University of Rome, in 2009, with the collaboration of Prof. Eligio Pizzigallo, Infectivologist, and Prof. Luigi Maria Larocca, Pathologist.

 

 

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The Journal publishes original articles and topical reviews concerning both clinical hematology and infectious diseases. A particular attention will be deserved to original article focusing on the relationship between blood and infectious diseases.


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17:(1) (2025): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • Review Series on Multiple Myeloma Update 2025, Guest Editor: Pellegrino Musto: More...

 

16:(1) (2024): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • Articles Series About CAR-T Therapy in Hematological Neoplasms. Guest Editor: Ugo Testa: More...

      • Review Series UPDATE on THERAPY-REALTED MYELOID NEOPLASM. Guest Editors: Emiliano Fabiani and Maria Teresa Voso: More...

 

15:(1) (2023): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

 

14:(1) (2022): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • UPDATE ON MASTOCYTOSIS. Guest Editor: Prof. Livio Pagano. More...

 

13:(1) (2021): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

 

12:(1) (2020): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

COVID-19 and Reviews Topics:

      • ANEMIAS DUE TO DEFICIENCY OR DEFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF IRON AND/OR VITAMINS. Guest Editor: Domenico Girelli. More...
      • News on COVID-19, Review, Original Articles, and Letters to the Editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. More...

 

11:(1) (2019): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • UPDATE ON THALASSEMIA AND HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES. Guest Editor: Raffaella Origa. More...
      • UPDATE ON HEMOPHILIA. Guest Editor: Giancarlo Castaman. More...

 

10:(1) (2018): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • UPDATE ON VIRAL INFECTIONS AND LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES. Guest Editors: M. Luppi and L. Arcaini More...

 

9:(1) (2017): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • UPDATE ON SECONDARY LEUKEMIAS. Guest Editor: Richard Larson More...
      • UPDATE on “Rare Plasma Cell Dyscrasias” Guest Editor: M.T. Petrucci More...

 

8:(1) (2016): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION AND INFECTIONS. Guest Editor: Miguel Sanz More...
      • REVIEW SERIES: UPDATE ON FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA. Guest Editor: Corrado Tarella More...

 

8:(Supplementary Issue) (2016): Fifth International Symposium on Secondary Leukemia and Leukemogenesis

7:(1) (2015): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES. AN UPDATE. SINCE 2015. Guest Editors: C. Mecucci and M.T. Voso. More...
      • BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN HEMATOLOGIC PATIENTS: AN UPDATE. SINCE 2015.Guest Editors F. Aversa and M. Tumbarello More...

 

6:(1) (2014): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIAS: AN UPDATE. Guest Editors: M. Baccarani and F. Pane. More...
      • UPDATE IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA. Guest Editor: A. Gallamini More...
      • ACUTE LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA IN ADULTS: AN UPDATE. Guest Editors: R. Bassan and A.Rambaldi More...

 

5:(1) (2013): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA IN THE ELDERLY. Guest Editors: S. Amadori and A. Venditti. More...
      • VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR UPDATE. Guest Editors: A. Federici and F. Rodeghiero. More...
      • TUBERCULOSIS UPDATE. Guest Editors: R. Cauda and A. Matteelli. More...

 

4:(1) (2012): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • MALARIA IN THE WORLD: 2012 Update. Guest Editors: F. Castelli and E. Pizzigallo More...
      • CHRONIC LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA: Update on Immunological Dysfunctions and Infections. Guest Editors: D. Efremov and L. Laurenti More...
      • AUTOLOGOUS HEMOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA: 2012 UPDATE. Guest Editors: G. Meloni and G. Visani More...

 

3:(1) (2011): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • FUNGAL INFECTIONS. Guest Editor: L. Pagano More...
      • THROMBOSIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA. Guest Editor: V. De Stefano More...
      • ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA AND I THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Guest Editors: F. Lo-Coco and G. Avvisati More...
      • THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS: Guest Editor: R. Larson More...

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Published: 2025-01-01

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2025): Review Articles, Original Article, Scientific Letter, Case Reports Letter to the Editor

Review Articles

Guest Editor: Pellegrino Musto AN UPDATE OF THE APPROPRIATE SEQUENCING FOR SALVAGE THERAPIES IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA

Gregorio Barila', Francesca Rezzonico, Laura Pavan, Alessandro Corso, Renato Zambello
Abstract 136 | PDF Downloads 77 HTML Downloads 19

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.043

Guest Edtor: Pellegrino Musto NOVELTIES ON MULTIPLE MYELOMA FROM THE MAIN 2024 HEMATOLOGY CONFERENCES

Sonia Morè, Laura Corvatta, Valentina Maria Manieri, Erika Morsia, Antonella Poloni, Massimo Offidani
Abstract 484 | PDF Downloads 452 HTML Downloads 26

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.027

TOXICITIES ASSOCIATED WITH CAR-T CELL THERAPIES

Ugo Testa, Dr. Germana Castelli, Dr. Elvira Pelosi, Dr. Galli, Prof. Patrizia Chiusolo
Abstract 170 | PDF Downloads 79 HTML Downloads 14

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.039

HEPARIN-BINDING PROTEIN AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC MARKER OF INFECTIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Wenshan Yang, Wei Dong
Abstract 113 | PDF Downloads 71 HTML Downloads 20 Suppl. Files Downloads 10

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.029

Guest Editor: Pellegrino Musto HOW FIRST LINE THERAPY IS CHANGING IN TRANSPLANT-ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS

Yasmine Houbaida, Maria Livia Del Giudice, Sara Galimberti, Gabriele Buda
Abstract 622 | PDF Downloads 530 HTML Downloads 34

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.026

Guest Editor: Pellegrino Musto BISPECIFIC ANTIBODIES AND CAR T IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA: APPROPRIATE SELECTION OF PATIENTS AND SEQUENCING

Michele Puppi, Ilaria Sacchetti, Katia Mancuso, Paola Tacchetti, Lucia Pantani, ilaria Rizzello, Miriam Iezza, Marco Talarico, Enrica Manzato, Simone Masci, Roberta Restuccia, Simona Barbato, Silvia Armuzzi, Barbara Taurisano, Ilaria Vigliotta, Elena Zamagni
Abstract 163 | PDF Downloads 112 HTML Downloads 20

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.045
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.025

WALDENSTRÖM MACROGLOBULINEMIA - A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW: PART 2- FOCUS ON THERAPY

Michele Bibas, Shayna Sarosiek , Jorge Castillo
Abstract 617 | PDF Downloads 785 HTML Downloads 35

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Guest Editor: Pellegrino Musto REFINING HIGH-RISK MULTIPLE MYELOMA: ADVANCEMENTS IN GENOMIC, CLINICAL, AND PROGNOSTIC CRITERIA

Dr. Enrica A. Martino, Dr. G. Mele, Dr. F. Morabito, Dr. M. Gentile, Dr. E. Vigna
Abstract 1261 | PDF Downloads 779 HTML Downloads 160

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.005

Original Articles

GROUP-BASED TRAJECTORY MODELING OF PLATELET IN PATIENTS WITH APLASTIC ANEMIA: A STUDY BASED ON THE MIMIC DATABASE

Lang Peng, Lixin Zou, Xiaoliu Liu
Abstract 309 | PDF Downloads 274 Suppl. Files Downloads 208 HTML Downloads 24

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.012

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF EPSTEIN - BARR VIRUS BASED ON EBNA3C PROTEIN AMONG HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN JORDAN

Rabaa Athamneh, Hiba Swaity, Waleed Almomani, Hayyan. Taweil , Assia Benbraiek, Anas Khalifeh
Abstract 100 | PDF Downloads 77 HTML Downloads 21

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.032

PLASMODIUM VIVAX INFECTIONS IN DUFFY-NEGATIVE INDIVIDUALS: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN INDIAN MALARIA EPIDEMIOLOGY

Roshan Shaikh, Kanjaksha Ghosh, Ajit Gorakshakar
Abstract 107 | PDF Downloads 66 HTML Downloads 9

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.044

GREEK CONSENSUS ON CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL) TREATMENT

Sotirios Sachanas, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Maria Angelopoulou, sotirios Papageorgiou, Emmanouil Spanoudakis, Maria Bouzani, Maria Dimou, Panagiotis Panagiotidis
Abstract 412 | HTML Downloads 29 PDF Downloads 264

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.014

HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN SEVERE PEDIATRIC SICKLE CELL DISEASE: OUTCOME AND LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS, SAUDI EXPERIENCE AT KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

Abdullah Al-Jefri, Fatema Al-Hashem, Khawar, Amal Al-Seraihy, Ali Al-Ahmari, Ibrahim Ghemlas, Awatif AlAnazi, Hawazen Al-Saedi, Saadiya Khan, Abdulrahman Al-Musa, Mahasen Saleh, Mouhab Ayas
Abstract 113 | PDF Downloads 79 HTML Downloads 25

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T-CELL RECEPTOR (TCR)-VΒ REPERTOIRE FLOW CYTOMETRY FOR T-CELL LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF A SINGLE-CENTER REAL-LIFE LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

Marco Antonacci, Jacopo Micozzi, Alessandro Costa, Alessandro Laganà, Maria Laura Milani, Stefania Intoppa, Vittorio Bellomarino, Maria Grazia Nardacci, Mario Biglietto, Stefano Imperatore, Maria Laura Bisegna, Maurizio Martelli, Irene Della Starza, Maria Stefania De Propris
Abstract 275 | PDF Downloads 257 Suppl. Files Downloads 209 HTML Downloads 31

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INTEGRATION OF CD200, CD43 AND ROR1 IN MULTIPARAMETER FLOW CYTOMETRY (MFC) ROUTINE PANELS FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF B-CELL LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS (B-LPDS)

Alessandro Laganà, Raffaele Maglione, Alessandro Costa, Biancamaria Mandelli, Maria Laura Bisegna, Maria Laura Milani, Valeria Filipponi, Maria Grazia Nardacci, Tania Soriano, Eugenio Santacroce, Luigi Petrucci, Carla Giordano, Maurizio Martelli, Maria Stefania De Propris
Abstract 1070 | PDF Downloads 699 HTML Downloads 154 PDF Downloads 500

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.002

IMPACT OF RED CELL EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION ON INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Adriana Costa, Inês Mendes, Joana Lage, Marta Moniz, Catarina Amorim, Pedro Nunes, Helena Almeida, Carlos Escobar, Ana Ventura, Teresa Ferreira
Abstract 974 | PDF Downloads 690 HTML Downloads 122

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CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA: A MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION STUDY

Yuzhan Chen, Qitian Mu, Guifang Ouyang
Abstract 887 | PDF Downloads 564 PDF Downloads 471 HTML Downloads 118

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.008

Scientific Letters

Long-term persistence of dysplastic features in patients with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia treated with all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide.

Enrico Santinelli, Maria Rosaria Pascale, Luca Guarnera, Arianna Savi, Flavia Mallegni, Carmelo Gurnari, Luca Maurillo, Maria Teresa Voso, Susanna Fenu
Abstract 100 | PDF Downloads 60 HTML Downloads 11

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.038

COVID-19 induces prolonged immunological exhaustion leading to relapse of hematological malignancies except in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients

SUPARNO CHAKRABARTI, Snigdha Banerjee, Mahak Agarwal, Gitali Bhagawati, Nilanjan Saha, SARITA JAISWAL
Abstract 139 | PDF Downloads 73 HTML Downloads 13

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.042

Risk Factors of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study

Nawfal R Hussein, Halder J Abozait, Ibrahim A Naqid, Nashwan MR Ibrahim, Fatima K Khalid, Dildar H Musa, Zana SM Saleem
Abstract 465 | PDF Downloads 280 HTML Downloads 45

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.018

A case of multiple myeloma in a patient in treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Mario Biglietto, Ugo Coppetelli, Luciano Fiori, Martina Gherardini, Raffaele Maglione, Alessandro Pulsoni, Azzurra Anna Romeo
Abstract 92 | PDF Downloads 62 HTML Downloads 14

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.033

Bladder microbiota snapshots help to monitor urinary tract infections in vulnerable patients

Giulia Santarelli, Delia Mercedes Bianco, Margherita Capriati, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Claudia Rendeli, Flavio De Maio
Abstract 91 | PDF Downloads 63 HTML Downloads 13

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.028

Early use of thrombopietin receptor agonists (Tpo-Ras) in clinical practice: results from an Italian survey on behalf of the GIMEMA Working Group Anemia and Thrombocytopenia

Mariasanta Napolitano, elisa lucchini, maria rosaria de paolis, antonio urso, nicola vianelli, francesco zaja, cristina santoro
Abstract 92 | PDF Downloads 63 HTML Downloads 14

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.041

Genetic modulators of diversity in biological expression of sickle cell anemia in patients from democratic republic of Congo

MAMY NGOLE, MAMY NGOLE, GLOIRE MBAYABO, PAUL LUMBALA, VALERIE RACE, NONO MVUAMA, STEPHANIE DEMAN, ERIKA SOUCHE, PROSPER TSHILOBO LUKUSA, CHRIS VAN GEET, KOENRAAD DEVRIENDT, GERT MATTHIJS, AIME LUMAKA, ISABELLE CLEYNEN
Abstract 882 | HTML Downloads 137 PDF Downloads 504

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Anti-mullerian hormone evaluates ovarian function in patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia

Yan Li, Kun Yang, Yali Zhou, Shiwu Cheng
Abstract 761 | PDF Downloads 576 HTML Downloads 106

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The diagnostic sensitivity of beta-D-glucan assay in patients with chronic disseminated candidiasis

Hyo Ju Son, Kyung Hwa Jung
Abstract 745 | PDF Downloads 511 PDF Downloads 435 HTML Downloads 86

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Letters to the Editor

Genetically Predicted Antibody Levels as a Proxy for Helicobacter pylori Infection

Nawfal R Hussein
Abstract 195 | PDF Downloads 244 HTML Downloads 23

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.021

Successful Management of Steroid-Resistant cutaneous Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis-Like, with Ruxolitinib

Fahir Ozturk, Mehmet Sezgin Pepeler, Esra Ucaryilmaz Ozhamam, Gulten Korkmaz
Abstract 280 | PDF Downloads 273 HTML Downloads 20

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.020

THE Co-Occurrence of Jak2/Calr-Positive Myeloproliferative Disorder and Bcr-Abl-Positive Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia Treated with Combination of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Ruxolitinib.

Katia Paciaroni, Selenia Campagna, Nicoletta Villiva', Enrico Maffini, Francesca Celesti, Attilio Tordi, Mariangela Lombardi, Giulia Dragonetti, Tommaso Caravita di Toritto
Abstract 349 | PDF Downloads 315 HTML Downloads 27

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.035

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in the onco-hematologic patients

Mario Biglietto, Silvio Ligia, Alessandro Laganà, Giovanni Manfredi Assanto, Martina Gherardini, Erminia Baldacci, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Chistolini
Abstract 323 | PDF Downloads 311 HTML Downloads 25

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Monoclonal gammopathy of neurological significance: a case report and a novel approach

Mario Biglietto, Martina Gherardini, Raffaele Maglione, Azzurra Anna Romeo, Luciano Fiori, Piera Giovangrossi, Alessandro Pulsoni, Ugo Coppetelli
Abstract 110 | PDF Downloads 68 HTML Downloads 15

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.034
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.037
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.040

Is laboratory monitoring useful in DOACs management?

Mario Biglietto, Rosaria Mormile, Matteo Totaro, Maria Laura Bisegna, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Chistolini
Abstract 211 | PDF Downloads 259 HTML Downloads 26

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.019

Isavuconazole successfully treated pulmonary mucormycosis in acute myeloid leukemia: A case report

Hong Chen, Kun Chen, wenqiang kong
Abstract 92 | PDF Downloads 64 HTML Downloads 14

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.031

Fusion Gene Landscape in a Case of Acute Myelocytic Leukemia with Myelocyte Morphology

Zhan Su, Yan Li, Haidong Zhu, Yaqi Wang, Meiying Yang
Abstract 670 | PDF Downloads 511 HTML Downloads 70

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.004

West Nile Virus Encephalitis in A Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Giovanni D'Arena, Carmela Palladino, Michele Bosco, Michele Gambardella
Abstract 730 | PDF Downloads 520 HTML Downloads 73

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2025.010

Case Reports

Leukemia cutis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia undergoing Azacitidine-Venetoclax: case presentation and review of the literature

Elisa Buzzatti, Cristina Mauro, Caterina Botti, Roberta Presicci, Giovangiacinto Paterno, Raffaele Palmieri, Carmelo Gurnari, Flavia Mallegni, Elisa Meddi, Federico Moretti, Lucia Cardillo, Valeria Mezzanotte, Kristian Taka, Lucrezia De Marchi, Luca Maurillo, Francesco Buccisano, Adriano Venditti, Maria Ilaria Del Principe
Abstract 304 | PDF Downloads 312 HTML Downloads 23

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