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Highlights

WHO HAS THERAPY-RELATED AML?

Robert Gale, John M. Bennett, F. Owen Hoffman
Abstract 2544 | PDF Downloads 3843 HTML Downloads 656 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.025

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Review Articles

ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Murat Akova
Abstract 3387 | PDF Downloads 791 HTML Downloads 1903 Table 1 Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.002

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CRYOGLOBULIN TEST AND CRYOGLOBULINEMIA HEPATITIS C-VIRUS RELATED

Umberto Basile
Abstract 3294 | PDF Downloads 836 HTML Downloads 2156 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.007

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IS THERE A ROLE FOR MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE MONITORING IN FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA IN THE CHEMO-IMMUNOTHERAPY ERA?

Giuseppe Gritti, Chiara Pavoni, Alessandro Rambaldi
Abstract 2687 | PDF Downloads 901 HTML Downloads 2020 Fi.1 Gritti.Rambaldi Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.010

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FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: THE MANAGEMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENT

Alessia Castellino, Umberto Vitolo
Abstract 3688 | PDF Downloads 1170 HTML Downloads 2583 Tables and Images Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.009

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HYDROXYCARBAMINE: FROM AN OLD DRUG USED IN MALIGNANT HEMOPATHIES TO A CURRENT STANDARD IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Giovanna Cannas, Solene Poutrel, Xavier Thomas
Abstract 2985 | PDF Downloads 785 HTML Downloads 1579 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.015

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DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF FLOW CYTOMETRY IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES.

Matteo Della Porta, Cristina Picone
Abstract 4012 | PDF Downloads 1278 HTML Downloads 1932 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.017

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?-THALASSEMIA DISTRIBUTION IN THE OLD WORLD: A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT OF AN ANCIENT DISEASE

Vincenzo De Sanctis
Abstract 7431 | PDF Downloads 2544 HTML Downloads 4021 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.018

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THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION

Sumit Dahal, Smrity Upadhyay, Rashmi Banjade, Prajwal Dhakal, Navin Khanal, Vijaya Raj Bhatt
Abstract 3017 | PDF Downloads 1106 HTML Downloads 1633 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.019

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MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND IRON CHELATION THERAPY

Emanuele Angelucci, Silvana Anna Maria Urru, Federica Pilo, Alberto Piperno
Abstract 2674 | PDF Downloads 906 HTML Downloads 1745 Fig.1 Downloads 0 Fig. 2 Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.021

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FDG-PET SCAN: A NEW PARADIGM FOR FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA MANAGEMENT.

Andrea Gallamini, Anna Borra
Abstract 2631 | PDF Downloads 847 HTML Downloads 2108 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.029

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BONE MARROW HOMING AND ENGRAFTMENT DEFECTS OF HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS

Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa
Abstract 2476 | PDF Downloads 868 HTML Downloads 2927 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.032

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INFECTIONS AND FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: IS THERE A LINK?

Francesco Zallio, Giulia Limberti, Marco Ladetto
Abstract 2649 | PDF Downloads 659 HTML Downloads 1939 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.035

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TREATMENT OF LOW-BLAST COUNT AML USING HYPOMETHYLATING AGENTS

Eleonora De Bellis, Luana Fianchi, Francesco Buccisano, Marianna Criscuolo, Luca Maurillo, Laura Cicconi, Mattia Brescini, Maria Ilaria Del Principe, Ambra Di Veroli, Adriano Venditti, Francesco Lo-Coco, Maria Teresa Voso
Abstract 2677 | PDF Downloads 997 HTML Downloads 1035 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.045

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POEMS SYNDROME: AN UPDATE

Andrea Nozza
Abstract 2501 | PDF Downloads 852 HTML Downloads 1194 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.051

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SOLITARY PLASMACYTOMA

Sara Grammatico, Emilia Scalzulli, Maria Teresa Petrucci
Abstract 2621 | PDF Downloads 1281 HTML Downloads 922 fIGURES 1,2 Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.052

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NON-SECRETORY MYELOMA: READY FOR A NEW DEFINITION?

Alessandro Corso, Silvia Mangiacavalli
Abstract 2364 | PDF Downloads 1146 HTML Downloads 966 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.053

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BING-NEEL SYNDROME: ILLUSTRATIVE CASES AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Marzia Varettoni, Irene Defrancesco, Luca Diamanti, Enrico Marchioni, Lisa Maria Farina, Anna Pichiecchio
Abstract 2626 | PDF Downloads 836 HTML Downloads 1070 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.061

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Original Articles

PATIENTS WITH HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS C: A REALLY DIFFICULT TO TREAT POPULATION IN 2016?

Kalliopi Zachou, Pinelopi Arvaniti, Nikolaos K. Gatselis, Kalliopi Azariadis, Georgia Papadamou, Eirini Rigopoulou, George N. Dalekos
Abstract 2481 | PDF Downloads 668 HTML Downloads 1995 Cover letter Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.003

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A HOSPITAL-BASED RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPLICATIONS, OUTCOMES, CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS OF MALARIA WITH AND WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT

Sohaib Ahmad, Nadia Shirazi, Nowneet Kumar Bhat, Minakshi Dhar, Garima Mittal, Manish Mittal, Nidhi Kaeley, Manoj Kumar
Abstract 2989 | PDF Downloads 598 HTML Downloads 1354 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.006

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TREOSULFAN-BASED CONDITIONING REGIMEN IN SIBLING AND ALTERNATIVE DONOR HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Antonio Marzollo, Elisabetta Calore, Manuela Tumino, Marta Pillon, Maria Vittoria Gazzola, Roberta Destro, Raffaella Colombatti, Piero Marson, Tiziana Tison, Anna Colpo, Chiara Mainardi, Maria Gabelli, Maria Paola Boaro, Sara Rossin, Aurora Strano, Nadia Quaglia, Federica Menzato, Giuseppe Basso, Laura Sainati, Chiara Messina
Abstract 2973 | PDF Downloads 831 HTML Downloads 997 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.014

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ASSESSMENT OF OBESITY AND HEPATIC LATE ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THE EGYPTIAN SURVIVORS OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: SINGLE CENTER STUDY

Farida El-Rashedy, Mahmoud Ahmed El-Hawy, Sally El Hefnawy, Mona Mohammed
Abstract 1959 | PDF Downloads 528 HTML Downloads 1233 Untitled Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.026

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PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS IN THE NORTH SARDINIA

Maria Grazia Clemente, Elena Dore, Lidia Abis, Paola Molicotti, Stefania Zanetti, Paolina Olmeo, Roberto Antonucci
Abstract 1899 | PDF Downloads 497 HTML Downloads 2274 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.027

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PREVALENCE AND AETIOLOGY OF BACTEREMIA IN FEBRILE CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AT A NIGERIA TERTIARY HOSPITAL

Biobele Jotham Brown, Hannah O Dada-Adegbola, Catherine Trippe, Olufunmilayo Olopade
Abstract 2085 | PDF Downloads 700 HTML Downloads 951 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.039

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ALBUMIN COBALT BINDING OR ISCHAEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN: A TEST OF GREAT PROGNOSTIC VALUE IN MALARIA

Kinjalka Ghosh, M G Muddeshwar, Monoj Lokhande, Kanjaksha Ghosh
Abstract 2053 | PDF Downloads 456 HTML Downloads 957 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.041

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HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPES AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SCHISTOSOMA PARASITES INFECTION IN CENTRAL SUDAN

Ashraf Siddig Yousif, Atif Abdelrahman Elagib
Abstract 1879 | PDF Downloads 439 HTML Downloads 890 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.042

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A POPULATION-BASED STUDY ON MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES IN THE LAZIO REGION (ITALY), MEDICAL MISCODING AND 11-YEAR MORTALITY FOLLOW-UP: THE GRUPPO ROMANO-LAZIALE MIELODISPLASIE EXPERIENCE OF RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRIC REGISTRY

Flavia Mayer, Laura Faglioni, Nera Agabiti, Susanna Fenu, Francesco Buccisano, Roberto Latagliata, Roberto Ricci, Maria Antonietta Aloe Spiriti, Caterina Tatarelli, Massimo Breccia, Giuseppe Cimino, Luana Fianchi, Svitlana Gumenyuk, Stefano Mancini, Luca Maurillo, Carolina Nobile, Pasquale Niscola, Anna Lina Piccioni, Agostino Tafuri, Giulio Trapè, Alessandro Andriani, Paolo De Fabritis, Maria Teresa Voso, Marina Davoli, Gina Zini
Abstract 1887 | PDF Downloads 588 HTML Downloads 1043 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.046

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CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM AND NOVEL KARYOTYPIC FINDINGS IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME: EXPERIENCE OF TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN INDIA.

Ruchi Gupta, Khaliqur Rahman, Manish Kumar Singh, Surabhi Kumari, Geeta yadav, Soniya Nityanand
Abstract 1447 | PDF Downloads 482 HTML Downloads 859 Untitled Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.048

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EBV AND HHV-6 CIRCULATING SUBTYPES IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN BURKINA FASO, IMPACT ON CD4 T CELL COUNT AND HIV VIRAL LOAD

Lassina TRAORE, Ouéogo NIKIEMA, Abdoul Karim OUATTARA, Tegwindé Rébéca COMPAORE, Serge Théophile SOUBEIGA, Birama DIARRA, Dorcas OBIRI-YEBOAH, Pegdwendé Abel SORGHO, Florencia Wendkuuni DJIGMA, Cyrille BISSEYE, Albert Théophane YONLI, Jacques SIMPORE
Abstract 2619 | PDF Downloads 811 HTML Downloads 826 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.049

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HEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF YEMENI ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS. COULD EOSINOPENIA BE A SUSPICION INDEX?

Jameel Al-Ghazaly, Waled Al-Dubai, Munasser Abdullah, Leila Al-Gharasi
Abstract 2769 | PDF Downloads 791 HTML Downloads 1232 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.056

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FOETAL HAEMOGLOBIN AND DISEASE SEVERITY IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA.

Oluwagbemiga Adeodu, Morenike Akinlosotu, Samuel Adegoke, Saheed Oseni
Abstract 2306 | PDF Downloads 620 HTML Downloads 807 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.063

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Correlation to FVIII:C in two thrombin generation tests: TGA-CAT and INNOVANCE ETP

Marcus Ljungkvist
Abstract 1630 | PDF Downloads 484 HTML Downloads 773 Figure 2 Downloads 0 Figure 1 Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.064

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Scientific Letters

VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 serum levels as markers of relapse in visceral leishmaniasis

Alexandros Makis, Sophia Tsabouri, Paraskevi Karagouni, Maria Rogalidou, Irene Sionti, Nikolaos Chaliasos
Abstract 2363 | PDF Downloads 528 HTML Downloads 1416 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.011

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Impact of Donor-Specific anti-HLA antibodies and donor KIR characteristics in haploidentical HSCT for beta-Thalassemia

Marco Andreani, Manuela Testi, Pietro Sodani, Maria Troiano, Andrea Di Luzio, Giuseppe Testa, Michela Falco, Elvira Poggi, Javid Gaziev, Antonina Piazza
Abstract 2408 | PDF Downloads 624 HTML Downloads 477 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.020

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Respiratory function in pediatric African SCA patients underwent bone marrow transplantation

Antonella Isgrò, Javid Gaziev, Marco Marziali, Katia Paciaroni, Gioia De Angelis, Cecilia Alfieri, Michela Ribersani, Festus Olusola Olowoselu, Guido Lucarelli
Abstract 1771 | PDF Downloads 481 HTML Downloads 956 Spirometry in SCA patients before transplant Downloads 0 Spirometry in SCA patients post transplant Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.030

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How we manage invasive fungal disease in acute myeloid leukemia patients with Glucose 6 Dehydrogenase deficiency

Marco Sanna, Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa
Abstract 1360 | PDF Downloads 616 HTML Downloads 834 Referring article Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.047

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Case Reports

A strange case of Malaria in a Nigerian native boy.

Paola Magro, Ilaria Izzo, Barbara Saccani, Salvatore Casari, Silvio Caligaris, Lina Rachele Tomasoni, Alberto Matteelli, Annamaria Lombardi, Antonella Meini, Francesco Castelli
Abstract 1989 | PDF Downloads 573 HTML Downloads 1223 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.023

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Morphologic confounders and CD19 negativity in a case of hairy cell leukemia.

Pulkit Rastogi, Sreejesh Sreedharanunni, Uday Yanamandra, Man Updesh Singh Sachdeva, Neelam Varma
Abstract 1777 | PDF Downloads 487 HTML Downloads 1117 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.033

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Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome associated to secondary IgM MGUS emerging after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for AL Amyloidosis

Victor H Jimenez-Zepeda, Hina Qamar, Adrienne Lee, Karen Valentine, Leslie Skeith
Abstract 2192 | PDF Downloads 735 HTML Downloads 1083 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.034

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Idiopathic pulmonary embolism in a case of severe family ANKRD26 thrombocytopenia

Jérôme Guison, Gilles Blaison, Oana Stoica, Remy Hurstel, Marie Favier, Remi Favier
Abstract 1367 | PDF Downloads 534 HTML Downloads 838 Patient’s family tree Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.038

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Lenalidomide and temozolomide combination in a very elderly patient with CNS relapse of diffuse large b-cell lymphoma.

Emanuele Cencini, Alberto Fabbri, Umberto Arrigucci, Alfonso Cerase, Monica Bocchia
Abstract 1678 | PDF Downloads 698 HTML Downloads 938 Figure 1 Downloads 0 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.040

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Hairy B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder and its differential diagnosis: a case with long-term follow-up

Kensuke Matsuda, Yosuke Matsumoto, Mihiko Yoshida, Kazuho Shimura, Hiroto Kaneko, Tohru Inaba, Shigeo Horiike, Junya Kuroda, Masafumi Taniwaki
Abstract 1821 | PDF Downloads 542 HTML Downloads 829 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.054

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Myeloid neoplasms with isolated isochromosome 17q: a yet to be defined entity

Eleftheria Lamprianidou, Chryssoula Kordella, Menelaos Papoutselis, Zoi Bezyrgiannidou, Evangelia Nakou, Spyros Papamichos, Emmanouil Spanoudakis, Andreas Giannopoulos, Katerina Zoi, Ioannis Kotsianidis
Abstract 1542 | PDF Downloads 436 HTML Downloads 652 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.066

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MJHID Educational Clinical Cases

A 9month-old-boy with atypical hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Monia Ouederni, MONIA BEN KHALED, Samia Rekaya, Ilhem Ben Fraj, Fethi Mellouli, Mohamed Bejaoui
Abstract 1552 | PDF Downloads 453 HTML Downloads 834 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.057

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Letters to the Editor

Defining invasive fungal infection risk in hematological malignancies: a new tool for clinical practice

Benedetta Rambaldi, Domenico Russo, Livio Pagano
Abstract 1908 | PDF Downloads 840 HTML Downloads 1460 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.012

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Zika virus infection - Proposed Management Strategies

Viroj Wiwanitkit
Abstract 1608 | PDF Downloads 517 HTML Downloads 417 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.016

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The importance of updating and continuous education on imported emerging diseases.

Alessandro Bartoloni, Lorenzo Zammarchi
Abstract 1151 | PDF Downloads 567 HTML Downloads 482 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.022

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H1N1 influenza among hematological patients: monocentric influenza cases from 2011 to 2016.

Elisabetta Metafuni, Rosaria Santangelo, Patrizia Chiusolo, Luca Laurenti, Federica Sorà, Sabrina Giammarco, Simona Sica
Abstract 1539 | PDF Downloads 441 HTML Downloads 671 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.024

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Emerging cases of pertussis among early infants born to unvaccinated mothers, an infectious disease long absent in Northwestern Greece

Alexandros Makis, Vasileios Grammeniatis, Charis Galati, Panagiota Kostara, Evangelia Petridou, Constantina Gartzonika, Athanasios Pappas, Nikolaos Chaliasos
Abstract 2493 | PDF Downloads 438 HTML Downloads 280 | DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.043

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Should every patient with MDS get iron chelation – probably yes.

Kanjaksha Ghosh, Emanuele Angelucci, Federica Pilo, Kinjalka Ghosh
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