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The Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases has been 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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16:(1) (2024): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

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

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

Reviews Topics:

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

 

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

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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: 2024-01-01

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2024): Review Articles, Original Article, Scientific Letter, Case Reports Letter to the Editor

Review Articles

EBV-RELATED LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES: A REVIEW IN LIGHT OF NEW CLASSIFICATIONS

Pietro Tralongo, Arianna Bakacs, Luigi Maria Larocca
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CAR-T CELLS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

Ugo Testa, Dr. Elvira Pelosi, Dr. Germana Castelli, Dr. Alberto Fresa, Prof. Luca Laurenti
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CLINICAL CARE PATHWAY AND MANAGEMENT OF MAJOR BLEEDING ASSOCIATED WITH NON-VITAMIN K ANTAGONIST ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS: A MODIFIED DELPHI CONSENSUS FROM SAUDI ARABIA AND UAE

Abdulrahman Al Raizah, Fakhr Alayoubi, Galal Hassan Abdelnaby, Hazzaa Alzahrani, Majid Farraj Bakheet, Mohammed A Alskaini, Rasha Buhumaid, Sameer Al Awadhi, Sara Nooruddin Kazim, Thiagarajan Jaiganesh, Zohair Al Asiri
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT TUMOR PROGRESSION THROUGH GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY AND SMOLDERING MULTIPLE MYELOMA?

Ugo Testa, Prof. Leone, Dr. Elvira Pelosi, Dr. Germana Castelli, Prof, Valerio De Stefano
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PLASMABLASTIC LYMPHOMA. A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW (1)

Michele Bibas
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CAR-T CELL THERAPY IN B-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

Ugo Testa, Prof. Sica, Dr. Pelosi, Dr. Germana Castelli, Prof. Leone
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CAR-T CELL THERAPY FOR FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMAS

Ugo Testa, Francesco D'Alò, Elvira Pelosi, Germana Castelli, Giuseppe Leone
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The THE PLASMABLASTIC LYMPHOMA. A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW: PART 2-FOCUS ON THERAPY

Michele Bibas
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HOW THE HEMOSTASIS LABORATORY CAN HELP CLINICIANS TO MANAGE PATIENTS ON ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS

Armando Tripodi
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CAR-T CELL THERAPY FOR T-CELL MALIGNANCIES

Ugo Testa, Prof. Patrizia Chiusolo, Dr. Elvira Pelosi, Dr. Germana Castelli, Giuseppe Leone
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Original Articles

HAPLOIDENTICAL HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH X-LINKED LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME

Yuan Sun
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LYMPHOCYTES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC ACTIVE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTION EXHIBITED ELEVATED PD-1/PD-L1 EXPRESSION AND A PREVAILING TH2 IMMUNE RESPONSE.

kang sun
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CLINICAL AND LABORATORY FEATURES OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE S/D PUNJAB: IMPACT OF HBF AND HYDROXYUREA

r. Salam Al-Kindi, Isra Al-Busaidi, Anil Pathare
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THALIDOMIDE AMELIORATES ERYTHROPOIESIS AND IRON HOMEOSTASIS IN TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT β-THALASSEMIA

Kun Yang, Jian Xiao
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HAPLOIDENTICAL TRANSPLANT WITH POST-TRANSPLANT CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE FOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA AND MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES PATIENTS: THE ROLE OF PREVIOUS LINES OF THERAPY.

Daniele Avenoso, Fabio Serpenti, Liron Barnea Slonim, Styliani Bouziana, Francesco Dazzi, Guy Hannah, Michelle Kenyon, Varun Mehra, Austin Kulasekararaj, Pramila Krishnamurthy, Mili Naresh Shah, Sharon Lionel, Antonio Pagliuca, Victoria Potter
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LEUKEMIC EVOLUTION AND UNCOMMON CHROMOSOMAL ALTERATIONS IN PEDIATRIC MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME

Viviane Lamim Lovatel, Beatriz Ferreira da Silva , Eliane Ferreira Rodrigues , Maria Luiza Rocha da Rosa Borges , Rita de Cássia Barbosa Tavares, Ana Paula Silva Bueno, Elaine Sobral da Costa, Terezinha de Jesus Marques , Teresa de Souza Fernandez
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CAN WE PREDICT INCIPIENT DIABETES MELLITUS IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT β-THALASSEMIA (β-TDT) REFERRED WITH A HISTORY OF PREDIABETES?

Vincenzo De Sanctis, Ashraf Soliman, Shahina Daar, Ploutarchos Tzoulis, Christos Kattamis
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SAFETY OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN HEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA – A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

Ivan GUR, Roei Tounek, Yaniv Dotan, Elite Vainer Evgrafov, Stav Rakedzon, Eyal Fuchs
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COMPARISON OF INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS RECEIVING HIGH-DOSE CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AS GVHD AFTER TRANSPLANTATION FROM A 9/10 HLA-MATCHED UNRELATED DONOR WITH STANDARD GVHD PROPHYLAXIS AFTER TRANSPLANT FROM A FULL MATCHING DONOR

Selim SAYIN
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NG2 MOLECULE EXPRESSION IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA B CELLS: A FLOW-CYTOMETRIC MARKER FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF KMT2A GENE REARRANGEMENTS

Maria Laura Bisegna, Nadia Peragine, Loredana Elia, Mabel Matarazzo, Maria Laura Milani, Stefania Intoppa, Mariangela Di Trani, Francesco Malfona, Maurizio Martelli, Maria Stefania De Propris
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RITUXIMAB VERSUS SPLENECTOMY IN CHRONIC PRIMARY ITP: EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE HEMATOLOGY CLINIC

Rawanda Shamoon, Ahmed K. Yassin, Sara L. Alnuaimi
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SECONDARY PROPHYLAXIS OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE) WITH LOW DOSE APIXABAN OR RIVAROXABAN: RESULTS FROM A PATIENT POPULATION WITH MORE THAN 2 YEARS OF MEDIAN FOLLOW-UP

Alessandro Laganà, Giovanni Manfredi Assanto, Chiara Masucci, Mauro Passucci, Livia Donzelli, Alessandra Serrao, Erminia Baldacci, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Chistolini
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COEXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE GENE VARIANTS IN SOME PATIENTS WITH ERYTHROCYTOSES

Andrea Benetti, Irene Bertozzi, PhD, MD, Giulio Ceolotto, Irene Cortella, Daniela Regazzo, Giacomo Biagetti, Elisabetta Cosi, Maria Luigia Randi, MD, Prof
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CLINICAL SIGNS AND TREATMENT OF NEW-ONSET BONE MARROW FAILURE ASSOCIATED SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN CHILDREN : A SINGLE INSTITUTION PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUD

Mervat A M youssef, Ebtisam Shawky hmed, Dalia Tarik Kamal, khalid Elsayh,, Mai A Abdelfatta, Hyam Hassan Mahran Mahran, Mostafa M Embaby
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Scientific Letters

Impact of the Addition of Daratumumab to the Standard Bortezomib-Thalidomide-Dexamethasone Regimen on Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization and Collection, Post-Transplant Engraftment and Infectious Complications: A Case-Control Multicentre Real-Life Analy

Gianluca Cavallaro
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Antivirals and monoclonal antibody combination therapy in haematological patients in the omicron era

Serena Vita, Emanuela Giacobini, Patrizia De Marco, Martina Rueca, Cesare Ernesto Maria Gruber, Alessia Beccacece, Laura Scorzolini, Valentina Mazzotta, Carmen Pinnetti, Priscilla Caputi, Daniele Focosi, Enrico Girardi, Andrea Antinori, Fabrizio Maggi, Alessandra D'Abramo, Emanuele Nicastri, Spallanzani COVID-19 case Investigation Team
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Impact of daratumumab on stem cell mobilization and transplant in patient with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: a real word single-center study

Mauro Passucci, Francesca Fazio, Jacopo Micozzi, Manhaz Shafii Bafti, Giovanni Manfredi Assanto, Alfonso Piciocchi, Maurizio Martelli, Maria Teresa Petrucci
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Antibody response to breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection in “booster” vaccinated patients with multiple myeloma according to B/T/NK lymphocyte absolute counts and anti-CD38 treatments

NICOLA SGHERZA, Anna Mestice, Angela Maria Vittoria Larocca, Pellegrino Musto
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Case Reports

Successful Bridging to Allogeneic Transplantation With Valemetostat in Two Refractory/relapsed Peripheral T-cell lymphoma patients

Gianmarco Bagnato, Vittorio Stefoni, Alessandro Broccoli, Lisa Argnani, Cinzia Pellegrini, Beatrice Casadei, Francesca Bonifazi, Pier Luigi Zinzani
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Letters to the Editor

Outcome of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in a Child with Myelodysplastic Neoplasm with Complex Karyotype and ETV6 Variant: Challenges in Treatment

Elaiza Almeida Antônio de Kós , Viviane Lamim Lovatel , Rita de Cássia Barbosa Tavares , Gerson Moura Ferreira , Bernadete Evangelho Gomes, Ana Paula Silva Bueno, Elaine Sobral da Costa , Teresa de Souza Fernandez
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Very late onset Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) after haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HCT) – A Clinical Case

Sharon Lionel, Liron Barnea Slonim, Guy Hannah, Victoria Potter, Daniele Avenoso
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Evaluation of VTE-PREDICT risk score in patients receiving low-dose DOACs for venous thromboembolism (VTE) secondary prophylaxis

Alessandro Laganà, Giovanni Manfredi Assanto, Mauro Passucci, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Chistolini
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Seroprevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections among family replacement donors and voluntary non-remunerated blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic in sub Saharan Africa

Macoura Gadji, Youssou Bamar Gueye, David Motto, Saliou Diop
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How we prevented an anti-P1 mediated hemolytic transfusion reaction

Beatrice Borsellino, Tiziano Martini, Rino Biguzzi, Irene Francesconi, Maria Federica Currà, Sabrina Lelli
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to refractory acute myeloid leukemia resolved after second line treatment with azacitidine plus venetoclax

Claudio Fozza
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A case of central venous catheter-related Candida parapsilosis fungemia evolved to disseminated infection in a neutropenic patient with blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia.

Elena Amabile, Matteo Totaro, Luca Cappelli, Clara Minotti, Alessandra Micozzi
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Protein S deficiency with recurrent thromboembolism in a patient with hemoglobin H disease following splenectomy

Kun Yang
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Could the 3′UTR+101G>C Mutation Detected in Two Sibling Cases Be a Mutation Affecting the Clinical Presentation in Thalassemia Patients?

Unal Atas, Volkan Karakus, Erdal Kurtoglu
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Response of a Novel ELANE Gene Mutation (c.295_303del) in Congenital Neutropenia

Junjie Ning
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Successful treatment of de novo acute myeloid leukaemia associated aortitis by induction chemotherapy alone

Urbain Tauveron--Jalenques, Vincent Grobost, Benoît Magnin, Cécile Moluçon-Chabrot, Jacques-Olivier Bay, Olivier Tournilhac; Romain Guièze
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Impact of hydroxyurea on clinical and biological parameters of sickle cell anemia in children in Abidjan

MIREILLE YAYO- AYE, Adia Eusèbe Adjambri, Boidy Kouakou, Rebecca N'guessan-Blao, Louis Missa Adjé, Taïratou Kamagaté, Vincent Yapo, Duni Sawadogo
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Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis with fatal air embolism after minor blunt abdominal trauma in a 6-year-old girl undergoing hematopoietic stem cell trasplant: case report and review of literature

Matteo Chinello, Olivia Chapin Arnone, Silvia Artusa, Giorgia Mazzuca, Elisa Bonetti, Virginia Vitale, Ada Zaccaron, Dario Raniero, Simone Cesaro
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FLT3 Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia after CD19 CAR-T Cells

Eugenio Galli, Filippo Frioni, Tanja Malara, Enrico Attardi, Silvia Bellesi, Stefan Hohaus, Simona Sica, Federica Sorà, Patrizia Chiusolo
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Internal Medicine Ward with Hematological Skills for the Treatment of Complications Suffered by Hematological Patients on Therapy: Experience of Villa Betania Hospital inRome

alessandro andriani, Laura Marchetti, Fabio Rossi, Silvia Raja, Maria Antonietta Perretti, Umberto Recine
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Probable autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome with monogenic lupus due to KRAS mutation - A rare encounter

Amiya Nayak, Pratyusha Gudapati, Swapnil Tripathi, Jasmita Dass, Mukul Aggarwal, Pradeep Kumar
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Obituary

Prof, Bruno Bizzi Obituary

Valerio De Stefano
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