About the Journal

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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CURRENT ISSUE

Published: 2025-01-01

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

Review Articles

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

Michele Bibas, Shayna Sarosiek , Jorge Castillo
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Guest Editor: Pellegrino Musto HOW FIRST-LINE THERAPY IS CHANGING IN NON-TRANSPLANT ELIGIBLE MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS.

Daniele Derudas
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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
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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
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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
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PLASMACELL NEOPLASMS WITH SPREADING IN THE BLOOD AND TISSUES: EXTRAMEDULLARY MYELOMA DISEASE A RARE AGGRESSIVE FORM OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA (First of two parts)

Ugo Testa; Giuseppe G.M. Leone
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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
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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 318 | HTML Downloads 20 PDF Downloads 173

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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
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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 964 | PDF Downloads 609 HTML Downloads 133 PDF Downloads 430

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

Yuzhan Chen, Qitian Mu, Guifang Ouyang
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A MULTICENTER ICET-A SURVEY ON ADHERENCE TO ANNUAL ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (OGTT) SCREENING IN TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT THALASSEMIA (TDT) PATIENTS - THE EXPERT CLINICIANS’ OPINION ON FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADHERENCE AND ON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR ADHERENCE OPTIMIZATION

Vincenzo De Sanctis
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Scientific Letters

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

Hyo Ju Son, Kyung Hwa Jung
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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
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Letters to the Editor

Genetically Predicted Antibody Levels as a Proxy for Helicobacter pylori Infection

Nawfal R Hussein
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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
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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
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Clinical Manifestation of Children with Kawasaki Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: A Case Series

zahra Fotokian
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COVID-19-associated cold agglutinin syndrome and hemophagocytic phenomenon in a patient with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

Kun Yang
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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
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Is laboratory monitoring useful in DOACs management?

Mario Biglietto, Rosaria Mormile, Matteo Totaro, Maria Laura Bisegna, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Chistolini
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Fusion Gene Landscape in a Case of Acute Myelocytic Leukemia with Myelocyte Morphology

Zhan Su, Yan Li, Haidong Zhu, Yaqi Wang, Meiying Yang
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West Nile Virus Encephalitis in A Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Giovanni D'Arena, Carmela Palladino, Michele Bosco, Michele Gambardella
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