Review, Original Articles, Case Reports

Published: 2015-12-17

Review Topics:

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

Review Articles

INFECTIOUS AETIOLOGY OF MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA AND ROLE OF ANTI-INFECTIVE THERAPY

Salvatore Perrone, Gianna Maria D'Elia, Alessandro Pulsoni
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.006

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BCR SIGNALING INHIBITORS: AN OVERVIEW OF TOXICITIES ASSOCIATED WITH IBRUTINIB AND IDELALISIB IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

Lorenzo Falchi, Jessica M Baron, Carrie Anne Orlikowski, Alessandra Ferrajoli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.011

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CURRENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DETECTION OF MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

Juliana Maria Camargos Rocha, Sandra Guerra Xavier, Marcelo Eduardo Lima Souza, Juliana Godoy Assumpção, Mitiko Murao, Benigna Maria Oliveira
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.024

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THE GUT MICROBIOTA AND IMMUNE SYSTEM RELATIONSHIP IN HUMAN GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE

Lucrezia Laterza, Gianenrico Rizzatti, Eleonora Gaetani, Patrizia Chiusolo, Antonio Gasbarrini
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.025

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SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Walter Ricciardi, Gabriele Giubbini, Patrizia Laurenti
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.036

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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTIONS IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

Corrado Girmenia, Martina Canichella, Alessandra Serrao
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.032

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CMV IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Rafael de la Camara
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.031

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PARASITIC INFECTIONS IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Isidro Jarque, Miguel Salavert, Javier Pemán
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.035

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ANTIFUNGAL PROPHYLAXIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS

Lourdes Vazquez
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.040

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ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

Alessandro Busca, Livio Pagano
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.039

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LIMITED STAGE FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: THE ROLE OF RADIATION THERAPY.

Andrea Riccardo Filippi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.041

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THE ROLE OF AUTOLOGOUS AND ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA IN THE NEW DRUGS ERA.

Francesco Maura, Lucia Farina, Paolo Corradini
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.045

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INFLUENZA AND PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF EFFICACY, EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY

Giuseppe La Torre
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.044

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“IDENTIFYING HIGH-RISK CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: A PATHOGENESIS-ORIENTED APPRAISAL OF PROGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE FACTORS IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY WITH OR WITHOUT IMMUNOTHERAPY.”

Sara Martinelli, Antonio Cuneo, Gian Matteo Rigolin
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.047

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INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS AFTER UMBILICAL CORD-BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION FROM UNRELATED DONORS

Juan Montoro, Jaime Sanz
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.051

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WHAT UNRELATED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THALASSEMIA TAUGHT US ABOUT TRANSPLANT IMMUNOGENETICS.

Giorgio La Nasa, Adriana Vacca, Roberto Littera, Eugenia Piras, Sandro Orru, Marianna Greco, Carlo Carcassi, Giovanni Caocci
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.048

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MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA OF ADULTS: DETERMINATION, PROGNOSTIC IMPACT AND CLINICAL APPLICATIONS.

Maria Ilaria Del Principe
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.052

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IMMUNITY TO INFECTIONS AFTER HAPLOIDENTICAL HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Franco Aversa, Lucia Prezioso, Ilenia Manfra, Federica Galaverna, Angelica Spolzino, Alessandro Monti
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.057

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ZIKA VIRUS: A REVIEW FROM THE VIRUS BASICS TO PROPOSED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Lorenzo Zammarchi, Michele Spinicci, Alessandro Bartoloni
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.056

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NOVEL DRUGS IN FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA

Giuseppe Rossi, Antonella Anastasia
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.061

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SYSTEMIC FRONT LINE THERAPY OF FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: WHEN, TO WHOM AND HOW

Francesca Pavanello, Sara Steffanoni, Michele Ghielmini, Emanuele Zucca
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.062

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Original Articles

FEATURES OF ADOLESCENTS TUBERCULOSIS AT A REFERRAL TB'S HOSPITAL IN TEHRAN, IRAN

Ferial Lotfian, Mohammad Reza Bolursaz, soheila Khalilzadeh, Noshin Baghaie, Maryam Hassanzad, Aliakbar Velayati
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.005

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PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF WT-1 GENE EXPRESSION IN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

Adel Abd Elhaleim Hagag
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.008

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PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C AMONG EGYPTIAN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND THE ROLE OF IL28B GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN SPONTANEOUS VIRAL CLEARANCE

Somaia Mohammed Mousa, Mona Kamal El-Ghamrawy, Mona Kamal El-Ghamrawy, Heba Gouda, Heba Gouda, Mervat Khorshied, Mervat Khorshied, Dina Ahmed, Dina Ahmed, Hala Shiba, Hala Shiba
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.007

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CYTOKINE RESPONSE ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATITIS C VIRUS CLEARANCE IN HIV COINFECTED PATIENTS INITIATING PEG INTERFERON- BASED THERAPY.

Truong Tam Nguyen, Reihani Niloofar, Pierre-Alain Rubbo, Kuster Nils, Karine Bollore, Jacques Ducos, Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Jacques Reynes, Philippe Van de Perre, Edouard Tuaillon
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.003

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TREATMENT WITH LOW-DOSE CYTARABINE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS (AGE 70 YEARS OR OLDER) WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA: A SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE

Maël Heiblig, Mohamed Elhamri, Isabelle Tigaud, Adriana Plesa, Fiorenza Barraco, Hélène Labussière, Sophie Ducastelle, Mauricette Michallet, Franck Nicolini, Claudiu Plesa, Eric Wattel, Gilles Salles, Xavier Thomas
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.009

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ACQUIRED HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM (AHH) IN THALASSAEMIA MAJOR PATIENTS: AN UNDERDIAGNOSED CONDITION?

Vincenzo De Sanctis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.001

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EVALUATION OF GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE P1 POLYMORPHISM AND ITS RELATION TO BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH BETA- THALASSEMIA MAJOR

Seham Ragab
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.004

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PATIENTS REFERRED FOR BLEEDING SYMPTOMS OF UNKNOWN CAUSE: DOES EVALUATION OF THROMBIN GENERATION CONTRIBUTE TO DIAGNOSIS?

Elena Holm, Eva Zetterberg, Susanna Lövdahl, Erik Berntorp
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.014

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HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE

PEERAPON WONG
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.012

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IMPACT OF MANNOSE-BINDING PROTEIN GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN OMANI SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS

Mathew Zachariah, Anil Pathare
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.013

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PREVALENCE OF SICKLE CELL TRAIT IN THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT, LEBANON

Abdel Badih El Ariss, Mohamad Younes, Jad Matar, Zeina Berjaoui
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.015

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CANDIDA ASSOCIATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY PATIENTS: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

Dilek Gurlek Gokcebay, Nese Yarali, Pamir Isik, Cengiz Bayram, Aslinur Ozkaya-Parlakay, Abdurrahman Kara, Bahattin Tunç
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.018

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ANORECTAL COMPLICATIONS DURING NEUTROPENIC PERIOD IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES

Soner Solmaz
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.019

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CUTANEOUS HYPERPIGMENTATION IN MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA: A FIVE YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

Somanath Padhi, RajLaxmi Sarangi, Anita Ramdas, Kandasamy Ravichandran, Renu G’Boy Varghese, Thomas Alexander, George Kurien, Sudhagar Mookkappan
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.021

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CLINICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL DATA OF ADULT THALASSEMIA MAJOR PATIENTS (TM) WITH MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE COMPLICATIONS (MEC) VERSUS TM PATIENTS WITH NORMAL ENDOCRINE FUNCTIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE LONG-TERM STUDY (40 YEARS) IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN ITALY

Vincenzo De Sanctis, Heba Elsedfy
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.022

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MOLECULAR HETEROGENEITY OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY IN BURKINA FASO: G-6-PD BETICA SELMA AND SANTAMARIA IN PEOPLE WITH SYMPTOMATIC MALARIA IN OUAGADOUGOU

Abdoul Karim OUATTARA, Pouiré YAMEOGO, Birama DIARRA, Dorcas OBIRI-YEBOAH, Albert Theophane YONLI, Tegwindé Rebeca COMPAORE, Serge Théophile SOUBEIGA, Florencia Wenkuuni DJIGMA, Jacques Simpore
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.029

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CLINICAL AND LABORATORY CHARACTERISTICS OF DENGUE-ORIENTI TSUTSUGAMUSHI CO-INFECTION FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN SOUTH INDIA

Aneesh Basheer, Nayyar Iqbal, Sudhagar Mookkappan, Patricia Anitha, Shashikala Nair, Reba Kanungo, Ravichandran Kandasamy
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.028

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BENDAMUSTINE AND RITUXIMAB AS FIRST LINE TREATMENT IN SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMAS of ELDERLY PATIENTS.

Roberto Castelli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.030

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BISPHOSPHONATES IN LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS: AN INTERNATIONAL RETROSPECTIVE CASE SERIES

Deepak Chellapandian, Polyzois Makras, Gregory Kaltsas, Cor van den Bos, Lamia Naccache, Raajit Rampal, Anne-Sophie Carret, Sheila Weitzman, R. Maarten Egeler, Oussama Abla
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.033

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THE ICET-A SURVEY ON CURRENT CRITERIA USED BY CLINICIANS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IN THALASSEMIA: ANALYSIS OF RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Vincenzo De Sanctis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.034

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DETECTION OF OCCULT GLOMERULAR DYSFUNCTION IN GLUCOSE SIX PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

Gehan Abdel Hakeem, Emad Abdel Naem, Salwa Swelam, Laila Aboul Fotoh, Abdel Azeem Al Mazary, Ashraf Abdel Fadeil, Asmaa Abdel Hafez
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.038

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EFFECTS OF FACTOR XIII DEFICIENCY ON THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY. THROMBELASTOGRAPHY WITH CALCIUM AND LYSIS BY ADDITION OF STREPTOKINASE IS MORE SENSITIVE THAN SOLUBILITY TESTS

Marta E Martinuzzo
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.037

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SEROPOSITIVITY OF HEPATITIS B AND C AMONG SYRIAN MULTITRANSFUSED PATIENTS WITH HEMOGLOBINOPATHY

Widad Yazaji, Wafa Habbal, Fawza Monem
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.046

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PROTECTIVE ROLE OF SYLIMARIN ON METHOTREXATE INDUCED HEPATO-NEPHROTOXICITY IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

Adel Abd Elhaleim Hagag
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.043

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OUTCOME OF CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS COMPLEX INFECTIONS TREATED WITH CASPOFUNGIN IN CHILDREN

İlker Devrim, Rana İşgüder, Hasan Ağın, Nuri Bayram, Gökhan Ceylan, Yüce Ayhan, Özlem Saraç Sandal, Ferhat Sarı, Ahu Kara, Mine Düzgöl
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.042

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MILD BLEEDERS: DIAGNOSIS IS ELUSIVE IN LARGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS

Mrinalini kotru, Deepti Mutereja, Abhishek Purohit, Seema Tyagi, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Renu Saxena, Hara Prasad Pati
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.049

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ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR ADULT PATIENTS WITH FANCONI ANEMIA.

hosein kamranzadeh fumani, Mohammad Zokaasadi, Amir Kasaeian, Kamran Alimoghaddam, Asadollah Mousavi, Babak Bahar, Mohammad Vaezi, Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.054

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THE ICET-A RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF DISTURBANCES OF GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS IN THALASSEMIA MAJOR PATIENTS

Vincenzo De Sanctis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.058

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30 YEARS RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN A TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY IN BURSA/NILUFER, TURKEY (1985-2014)

Kayıhan PALA, Harika GERÇEK, Tuncay AYDIN TAŞ, Rukiye ÇAKIR, Sedef ÖZGÜÇ, Timur YILDIZ
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.059

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Follicular Lymphoma: A Clinicopathological Analysis from a Tertiary care Institute in Southern India

Mary Theresa Sylvia, Biswajit Dey, Debdatta Basu, Sajini Elizabeth Jacob, Rakhee Kar, Biswajit Dubashi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.060

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Scientific Letters

The diagnostic approach to central adrenocortical insufficiency (CAI) in thalassemia

Vincenzo De Sanctis, Heba Elsedfy, Ashraf T Soliman
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.026

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Fetal hemoglobin modifies the disease manifestation of severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in adult patients with sickle cell anemia.

Prasanta Purohit
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.055

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Case Reports

Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Cytomegalovirus Infection: A Call for a Change in the Current Guidelines

Alex Shimanovsky, Devbala Patel, Jeffrey Wasser
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.010

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Coexistence of P190 BCR/ABL transcript and CALR 52-bp deletion in chronic myeloid leukemia blast crisis: a case report

najmaldin saki, Mohammad Seghatoleslami, Neda Ketabchi, Alireza Ordo, Javad Mohammadi-Asl, Neda Golchin
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.002

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Life-threatening autoimmune hemolytic anemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: successful seletive splenic artery embolization

matteo molica, Fulvio Massaro, Giorgia Annechini, Erminia Baldacci, Gianna maria D'elia, Riccardo Rosati, Silvia maria trisolini, Paola Volpicelli, Robin Foà, Saveria Capria
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.020

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Severe acute axonal neuropathy following treatment with arsenic trioxide for acute promyelocytic leukemia: a case report

Marcus Kuhn, Mithia Nabergoj, Kety Sammartin, Fabrizio Vianello
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.023

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Massive pulmonary embolism at the onset of acute promyelocytic leukemia

Federica Sorà, Patrizia Chiusolo, Luca Laurenti
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.027

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Hyperhemolytic Syndrome complicating a Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction due to anti-P1 alloimmunization, in a pregnant woman with HbO-Arabβ-thalassemia

Zoe Bezirgiannidou, Anna Christoforidou, Eftychia Kontekaki, Athanasios Anastasiadis, Spyros Papamichos, Helen Menexidou, Dimitrios Margaritis, George Martinis, Elpidoforos Mandadakis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.053

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Diagnosis of del(5q) MDS, 14 years after JAK-2 positive PV appearance: complete remission of both diseases with lenalidomide monotherapy

Antonella Vaccarino, Irene Dogliotti, Fabio Marletto, Andrea Demarchi, Mario Bazzan
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.050

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MJHID Educational Clinical Cases

Anemia in the elderly: not always what it seems.

Marco Cerrano, Elena Crisà, Valentina Giai, Mario Boccadoro, Dario Ferrero
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.017

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Letters to Editor

Ponatinib induced improvement of cutaneous lesions associated to accelerated phase of Ph-positive chronic myeloid leukemia

Massimo Breccia, Gioia Colafigli, Luisa Quattrocchi, elisabetta abruzzese, giuliana alimena
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.016

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