Reviews, Articles, Case Reports and Letters

Published: 2011-01-03

Topics in 2011

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 IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Guest Editors: F. Lo-Coco and G. Avvisati More...
  • THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS: Guest Editor: R. Larson More...

Editorials and Comments

WHAT ARE FUNGAL INFECTIONS?

Ben E de Pauw
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.001

Pages e2011001

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HISTORY OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: A TALE OF ENDLESS REVOLUTION

Francesco Lo-Coco, Laura Cicconi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.067

Pages e2011067

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How I Treat

HOW I TREAT NEWLY DIAGNOSED ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

Giuseppe Avvisati
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.064

Pages e2011064

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Perspectives

SIMILARITIES OF ELDERLY AND THERAPY-RELATED AML

Francesco D'Alò, Luana Fianchi, Emiliano Fabiani, Marianna Criscuolo, Mariangela Greco, Francesco Guidi, Livio Pagano, Giuseppe Leone, Maria Teresa Voso
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.052

Pages e2011052

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Review Articles

THE ROLE OF INFECTION IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF VASO-OCCLUSIVE CRISIS IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

Sagir Gumel Ahmed
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.028

Pages e2011028

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HHVs AND LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS

C Quadrelli, P Barozzi, G Riva, Mario Luppi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.043

Pages e2011043

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UPDATE ON THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS

Brunella Posteraro, Riccardo Torelli, Elena De Carolis, Patrizia Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.002

Pages e2011002

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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

Ulrike Binder, Cornelia Lass-Flörl
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.016

Pages e2011016

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INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS IN NON-HEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS.

Malgorzata Mikulska, Matteo Bassetti, Sandra Ratto, Claudio Viscoli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.007

Pages e2011007

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INVASIVE CANDIDA INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES AND HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: CURRENT EPIDEMIOLOGY AND THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS.

Corrado Girmenia, Erica Finolezzi, Vincenzo Federico
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.013

Pages e2011013

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ZYGOMYCOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED NON-HAEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS

George Petrikkos, Miranda Drogari-Apiranthitou
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.012

Pages e2011012

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FUNGAL INFECTIONS OF THE EAR IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST: A REVIEW

Borlingegowda Viswanatha, Khaja Naseeruddin
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.003

Pages e2011003

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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE AND FACTOR V LEIDEN MUTATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Mehrez Mehrez M. Jadaon
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.037

Pages e2011037

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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PROTHROMBIN G20210A MUTATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Mehrez M. Jadaon
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.054

Pages e2011054

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SPLANCHNIC VEIN THROMBOSIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA IN CHILDREN

Hanaa El-Karaksy, Mona El-Raziky
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.027

Pages e2011027

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CAUSES OF ADULT SPLANCHNIC VEIN THROMBOSIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

Valerio De Stefano, Tommaso Za, Angela Ciminello, Laura Betti, Elena Rossi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.063

Pages e2011063

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CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA IN CHILDREN

S Menascu, A Lotan, B Ben Zeev, U Nowak- Gottl, G Kenet
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.029

Pages e2011029

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CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA IN ADULTS

Nilüfer Yeşilot Barlas, Gülşen Akman-Demir, Sara Zarko Bahar
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.044

Pages e2011044

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THALASSEMIA AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

Julien Succar, Khaled M. Musallam, Ali T Taher
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.025

Pages e2011025

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BEHÇET’S SYNDROME AND THROMBOSIS

Emire Seyahi, Sebahattin Yurdakul
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.026

Pages e2011026

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FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER AND HYPERCOAGULABILITY

Oshrat E. Tayer-Shifman, Eldad Ben-Chetrit
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.017

Pages e2011017

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HIV-ASSOCIATED VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

Michele Bibas, Gianluigi Biava, Andrea Antinori
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.030

Pages e2011030

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ANTITHROMBOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Samir Arnaout, Hanady R. Samaha, Julien Succar, Imad Bou-Akl, Khaled M. Musallam, Ali T. Taher
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.023

Pages e2011023

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SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

Zohreh Rahimi, Abbas Parsian
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.024

Pages e2011024

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GENETIC PATHWAYS LEADING TO THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS

Angela Stoddart, Megan E. McNerney, Elizabeth Bartom, Rachel Bergerson, David J. Young, Zhijian Qian, Jianghong Wang, Anthony A. Fernald, Elizabeth M. Davis, Richard A. Larson, Kevin P. White, Michelle M. Le Beau
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.019

Pages e2011019

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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES

Kjeld Schmiegelow
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.020

Pages e2011020

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PROGNOSIS AND THERAPY WHEN ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND OTHER “GOOD RISK” ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIAS OCCUR AS A THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASM

Richard A. Larson, Michelle Le Beau
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.032

Pages e2011032

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THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS IN PATIENTS TREATED FOR HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

Dennis A Eichenauer, Andreas Engert
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.046

Pages e2011046

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THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASM IN NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA SURVIVORS

Alessia Bari, Luigi Marcheselli, Raffaella Marcheselli, Eliana Valentina Liardo, Samantha Pozzi, Stefano Sacchi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.065

Pages e2011065

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INCIDENCE OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA AFTER BREAST CANCER

Caterina Giovanna Valentini, Luana Fianchi, Maria Teresa Voso, Morena Caira, Giuseppe Leone, Livio Pagano
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.069

Pages e2011069

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THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND WALDENSTROM MICROGLOBULINEMIA

Francesca Ricci, Alessandra Tedeschi, Marco Montillo, Enrica Morra
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.031

Pages e2011031

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THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID MALIGNANCIES IN MYELOMA

Xenofon Papanikolaou, Bart Barlogie, Saad Usmani
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.047

Pages e2011047

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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN LATIN AMERICA

Eduardo Magalhães Rego, Rafael Henriques Jácomo
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.049

Pages e2011049

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PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF THROMBOHEMORRHAGIC DIATHESIS IN ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

Anna Falanga, Laura Russo, Carmen J Tartari
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.068

Pages e2011068

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EXTRAMEDULLARY DISEASE IN ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: TWO-IN-ONE DISEASE

Francesco Albano, Giorgina Specchia
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.066

Pages e2011066

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TREATMENT OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA WITH HIGH WHITE CELL BLOOD COUNTS.

Charicleia Kelaidi, Lionel Ades, Pierre Fenaux
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.038

Pages e2011038

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DIFFERENTIATION SYNDROME IN PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA : CLINICAL PRESENTATION, PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT

Eduardo Magalhães Rego, Gil Cunha de Santis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.048

Pages e2011048

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MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF SECONDARY ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

Melanie Joannides, Ashley N Mays, Anita R Mistry, Syed Khizer Hasan, Andreas Reiter, Joseph L Wiemels, Carolyn A Felix, Francesco Lo-Coco, Neil Osheroff, Ellen Solomon, David Grimwade
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.045

Pages e2011045

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TREATMENT OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA WITH SINGLE-AGENT ARSENIC TRIOXIDE

Vikram Mathews, Ezhilarasi Chendamarai, Biju George, Auro Viswabandya, Alok Srivastava
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.056

Pages e2011056

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Original Articles

HIGH SERUM ERYTHROPOIETIN AND FERRITIN LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH ANEMIA RESPONSE IN MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA

Sofia Omari, Alhossain A. Khalafallah, Mahmoud Ayesh, Ismail Matalka, Al- Raji Hadithi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.018

Pages e2011018

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LOW INCIDENCE RATE OF OPPORTUNISTIC AND VIRAL INFECTIONS DURING IMATINIB TREATMENT IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS IN EARLY AND LATE CHRONIC PHASE

Massimo Breccia, Corrado Girmenia, Roberto Latagliata, Giuseppina Loglisci, Michelina Santopietro, Vincenzo Federico, Luigi Petrucci, Alessandra Serrao, Adriano Salaroli, Giuliana Alimena
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.021

Pages e2011021

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A CASE SERIES HIGHLIGHTING THE RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF COMMON, UNCOMMON AND ATYPICAL/UNUSUAL HEMATOLOGICAL FINDINGS ON BONE MARROW EXAMINATION IN CASES OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS

Prateek Bhatia, Dipanjan Haldar, Neelam Varma, RK Marwaha, Subhash Varma
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.035

Pages e2011035

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QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS UNDERGOING DOSE-REDUCED TANDEM AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Alhossain A. Khalafallah, Kristina McDonnell, Hizb U. Dawar, Iain Robertson, David Woods
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.057

Pages e2011057

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PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF NRAS GENE MUTATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA

Rabab Aly, Mohamed R. El-sharnoby, Adel A. Hagag
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.055

Pages e2011055

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PREVENTION OF POST-TRANSFUSION HEPATITIS BY SCREENING OF ANTIBODY TO HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN IN HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS

Shamee Shastry, Sudha Bhat
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.062

Pages e2011062

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TOO MANY MOULDY JOINTS – MARIJUANA AND CHRONIC PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS

Youssef Gargani, Paul Bishop, David Denning
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.005

Pages e2011005

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TREATMENT OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA WITH AIDA BASED REGIMEN

Ramzi Jeddi, Hèla Ghédira, Ramzi Ben Amor, Yosr Ben Abdennebi, Kacem Karima, Zarrouk Mohamed, Hend Ben Neji, Lamia Aissaoui, Raihane Ben Lakhal, Naouel Ben Salah, Samia Menif, Zaher Belhadjali, Hela Ben Abid, Emna Gouider, Raouf Hafsia, Ali Saad, Pierre Fenaux, Balkis Meddeb
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.033

Pages e2011033

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ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: AN EXPERIENCE ON 95 GREEK PATIENTS TREATED IN THE ALL-TRANS-RETINOIC ACID ERA

Maria Pagoni, Maria Garofalaki, Fotios Panitsas, Kalliopi Manola, Katerina Psarra, Panagiotis Economopoulos
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.053

Pages e2011053

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CLINICAL FEATURES AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS TREATED AT CAIRO NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE IN EGYPT

Ola Khorshid, Amira Diaa, Mohamed Abd El Moaty, Rafat Abd El Fatah, Ihab El Dessouk, Maha Abd El Hamid, Essam El Noshokaty, Ghada El Saied, Tamer M Fouad, Safaa M Ramadan
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.060

Pages e2011060

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THE DIFFERENTIATION SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: EXPERIENCE OF THE PETHEMA GROUP AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.

Pau Montesinos, Miguel A Sanz
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.059

Pages e2011059

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Case Reports

Toxic epidermal necrolysis associated with severe cytomegalovirus infection in a patient on regular hemodialysis.

Dina Khalaf, Bassem Toema, Nidal Dabbour, Fathi Jehani
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.004

Pages e2011004

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Brief tale of a bacteraemia by Rhodococcus equi with concomitant lung mass: what came first, the chicken or the egg?

Vincenzo Savini, Prassede Salutari, Marco Sborgia
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.006

Pages e2011006

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Therapy Outcome of a T-Cell-Rich-B-Cell Lymphoma (TCRBCL) Patient with Rituximab-CHOP in Ibadan, Nigeria: a Case Report.

John Ayodele Olaniyi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.008

Pages e2011008

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Severe Acute Hepatitis B Treated with Entecavir

Giuseppe Vittorio Luigi De Socio, Alessio Sgrelli, Andrea Tosti, Franco Baldelli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.010

Pages e2011010

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5-Azacytidine in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: case report and review of literature

Mariangela Greco, Marianna Criscuolo, Luana Fianchi, Livio Pagano, Maria Teresa Voso
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.011

Pages e2011011

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Spontaneous pneumothorax in an allogeneic cell transplant recipient with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and antecedent RSV pneumonitis

Liang Piu Koh, Michelle L Poon, John K Tam, Lynette Teo, Li Yang Hsu
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.014

Pages e2011014

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ATRA induced Reactive Hemophagocytosis: A Case Report

Monica Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Jasmita Dass, Seema Tyagi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.034

Pages e2011034

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Coexisting Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Mucormycosis in a Patient with Aplastic Anemia Post Allogenic Stem Cell Transplantion

Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Narendra Agrawal, Anjan Mukherjee, Tulika Seth, Pravas Mishra, Immaculata Xess, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Sanjay Sharma
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.036

Pages e2011036

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Clinical Profile of Dengue Infection in Patients with Hematological Diseases

Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Tulika Seth, Pravas Mishra, Nitin Gupta, Narendra Agrawal, Shobha Broor, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Renu Saxena
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.039

Pages e2011039

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Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis

Aytekin Alcelik, Sevim Karacay, Ismail Necati Hakyemez, Busra Akin, Serkan Ozturk, Haluk Savli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.040

Pages e2011040

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Possible treatment failure of artemether-lumefantrine in an Italian traveler with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.

Ernestina Carla Repetto, Claudio Giacomazzi, Antonio Traverso
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.041

Pages e2011041

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Cauda equina enhancing lesion in a HIV-positive patient. Case report and literature revision.

Pasquale De Bonis, Antonella Cingolani, Angelo Pompucci, Tommaso Tartaglione, Luigi Maria Larocca, Luciana Teofili
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.042

Pages e2011042

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Pathologic splenic rupture in a patient with follicular lymphoma

Aniruddha P Dayama, Rajan Kapoor, Jasmita Dass, Gurmeet Singh, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Haraprasad Pati
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.051

Pages e2011051

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Letters to Editor

Severe eosinophilia in a case of giardiasis

Rifat Nadeem Ahmad, Ahmed Sherjil, Asad Mahmood, Shahid Rafi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.009

Pages e2011009

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Common parasite with uncommon associations

Sonal Jain, Jasmita Dass, Monica Sharma, Seema Tyagi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.015

Pages e2011015

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Hand knitting induced thrombosis of the subclavian vein in a young woman: an unusual cause of Paget-Schoetter Syndrome

Aytekin Alcelik, Haluk Savli, Ahsen Zeyrek, Abdullah Yalcin
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.022

Pages e2011022

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Hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic liver of a HCV-positive woman with sustained viral response

Lorenzo Nosotti, D'Arca Teresa, Massimo Marignani, Genoveffa Balducci, Gianfranco Costanzo, Concetta Mirisola
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.050

Pages e2011050

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Hepatitis C virus infection among non-IDU HIV-infected and uninfected men who have sex with men.

Massimo Giuliani, Lorenzo Nosotti, Alessandra Latini, Concetta Mirisola, Fulvia Pimpinelli, Sabrina Volpi, Fabrizio Ensoli, Gianpaolo Impara, Guido Palamara
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.058

Pages e2011058

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Pseudo-differentiation syndrome

Dina Khalaf, Fathi Jehani
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.061

Pages e2011061

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