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  • THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS: PREDISPOSITION AND CLONAL EVOLUTION T-AML predisposition

    Emiliano Fabiani, Dr. Falconi, Dr. Cristiano, Dr. Hajrullaj, Dr. Falconi, Prof. Leone, Prof. Voso
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  • IRON METABOLISM IN THALASSEMIA AND SICKLE CELL DISEASE

    Raffaella Mariani, Paola Trombini, Matteo Pozzi, Alberto Piperno
    e2009006
    2009-10-27
    1662
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  • ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

    Murat Akova
    e2017002
    2017-01-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.002
    4137
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    HTML: 1967
    Table 1: 209
  • 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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  • IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES: A MULTI-CENTER, RETROSPECTIVE STUDY COVID-19 and hematologic malignancy

    İbrahim Halil Açar, Sebnem Izmir Güner , Muzeyyen Aslaner Ak, Mesut Gocer, Erman Ozturk , Figen Atalay, Gulden Sincan , Aysun Senturk Yikilmaz, Omer Ekinci, Idris Ince, Emine Gulturk , Nazli Demir, Ali Dogan, Yildiz Ipek, Birol Guvenc
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  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

    Ulrike Binder, Cornelia Lass-Flörl
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    2011-03-30
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    2305
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  • ATYPICAL DERMATOLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SYPHILIS IN ADVANCED HIV: A CASE-BASED NARRATIVE REVIEW

    Irene Scarvaglieri, Federico Cesanelli, Giorgio Tiecco, Iacopo Ghini, Davide Minisci, Caterina Davoli, Stefano Rapino, Emanuele Focà, Maria Alberti, Martina Salvi, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan
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  • CLASSICAL HODGKIN LYMPHOMA TODAY

    Francesco D'Alò, Gabriele Schiaffini, Daniele Mazzoni, Eleonora Alma, Flaminia Bellisario, Marcello Viscovo, Elena Maiolo, Silvia Bellesi, Stefan Hohaus
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  • A Rare Case of Rosai-Dorfman Disease in an Adult Male Associated with Auto-immune Hemolytic Anemia.

    Mickey Sachdeva, Haifaa Abdulhaq
    e2013022
    2013-04-10
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    1412
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    Figure 1: 184
  • Takayasu Arteritis Initially Mimicking Infective Endocarditis

    Aytekin Alcelik, Sevim Karacay, Ismail Necati Hakyemez, Busra Akin, Serkan Ozturk, Haluk Savli
    e2011040
    2011-09-08
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2011.040
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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
    e2016057
    2016-10-25
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    4420
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  • Novel deleterious sequence change in the NLRP12 gene in a child with autoinflammatory syndrome, joint hypermobility and cutis laxa from India.

    Kanjaksha Ghosh, Kanchan Mishra, Avani Shah, Parizad Patel, Shrimati Shetty
    e2019018
    2019-02-26
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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. EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTION EXHIBITED ELEVATED PD-1/PD-L1

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  • ANTIFUNGAL PROPHYLAXIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS

    Lourdes Vazquez
    e2016040
    2016-09-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.040
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  • CUPROPTOSIS: A REVIEW ON MECHANISMS, ROLE IN SOLID AND HEMATOLOGICAL TUMORS, AND ASSOCIATION WITH VIRAL INFECTIONS

    MAURIZIO MARTINI, Pietro Tralongo, Mariagiovanna Ballato, Vincenzo Fiorentino, Walter Giordano, Valeria zuccalà, Cristina Pizzimenti, Arianna Bakacs, Antonio Ieni, Giovanni Tuccari, Guido Fadda, Luigi Maria Larocca
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  • THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR PATIENTS’ CLINICAL EVALUATION. Clinical Evaluation of T-AML

    Dr. Palmieri, Ilaria Del Principe, Dr. Maurillo, Prof. Venditti, Francesco Buccisano
    e2023051
    2023-08-29
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2023.051
    1801
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  • IMMUNOLOGY OF TUBERCULOSIS

    Federica Bozzano, Francesco Marras, Andrea De Maria
    e2014027
    2014-04-07
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2014.027
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    HTML: 7344
    Untitled: 203
  • Pidotimod in paucisymptomatic SARS-CoV2 infected patients Pidotimod in COVID-19

    Claudio Ucciferri, Barone Mirko, Jacopo Vecchiet, Katia Falasca
    e2020048
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  • A 9month-old-boy with atypical hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

    Monia Ouederni, MONIA BEN KHALED, Samia Rekaya, Ilhem Ben Fraj, Fethi Mellouli, Mohamed Bejaoui
    e2017057
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  • USE OF HEMATOPOIETIC GROWTH FACTOR IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HEMATOLOGICAL SIDE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED TO ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR HCV HEPATITIS

    Paola Mancino, Katia Falasca, Claudio Ucciferri, Eligio Pizzigallo, Jacopo Vecchiet
    e2010003
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  • HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AND LYMPHOMA

    Emmanuel Bachy, Caroline Besson, Felipe Suarez, Olivier Hermine
    e2010004
    2010-03-25
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2010.004
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  • MECHANISM OF SARS-COV-2 INVASION INTO THE LIVER AND HEPATIC INJURY IN PATIENTS WITH COVID-19

    XiaoTian Zhang, Yanhui Yu, Chao Zhang, Lijuan Zhao, Hongrui Wang, Guoqing Wang, Ming Yang
    e2022003
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  • VIRAL CIRRHOSIS: AN OVERVIEW OF HAEMOSTATIC ALTERATIONS AND CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES

    Francesca Romana Ponziani, Valerio De Stefano, Antonio Gasbarrini
    e2009033
    2009-12-29
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2009.033
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  • MANAGEMENT OF PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS IN CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS

    Lucio Amitrano, Maria Anna Guardascione
    e2009014
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  • TIMING FOR STEP-DOWN THERAPY OF CANDIDEMIA IN NON-NEUTROPENIC PATIENTS: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CENTER STUDY Stepdown Therapy of Candidemia

    Rola Husni, Remie Chrabieh, Rita Wilson Dib, Jose Vazquez, MD, Thaís Guimarães, Ana Fernández, Rita Khoury, Lina Asmar, Georges Khazen, Nadia Lara Samaha, Issam Raad, Ray Hachem
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  • T-LYMPHOCYTES EXPRESSION OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS 2 AND 4 IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS Toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients with Invasive Fungal Infections

    Muhamad R. Abdel Hameed, Sherein G. Elgendy, Mohamed A El-Mokhtar, Douaa Sayed, Samar M. Mansour, Abeer M. Darwish
    e2022022
    2022-02-27
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  • CONCISE REVIEW ON THE FREQUENCY, MAJOR RISK FACTORS AND SURVEILLANCE OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HCC) IN ?-THALASSEMIAS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES Thalassaemia transfusion dependent, Hepatitis C, hepatocarcinoma.

    Vincenzo De Sanctis
    e2020006
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  • CANDIDEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA: ANALYSIS OF SEVEN YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AT A SINGLE CENTER IN CHINA Candidemia in acute Leukemia

    Xiaoyuan Gong, mianzeng yang, Dong Lin, Hui Wei, Ying Wang, Bingchen Liu, Chunlin Zhou, Kaiqi Liu, Shuning Wei, Benfa Gong, Guancji Zhang, Yuntao Liu, Yan Li, Xingli Zao, Shaowei Qiu, Ruxia Gu, Yingchang Mi, Jianxiang Wang
    e2020003
    2020-01-01
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2020.003
    1765
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  • EPIDEMIOLOGY OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN ARAB COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN REGION

    Hussam Tabaja, Dr. Joya-Rita Hindy, Dr. Souha S. Kanj
    e2021050
    2021-08-28
    https://doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2021.050
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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
    e2017015
    2017-02-15
    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.015
    3995
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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
    e2016003
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    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2016.003
    3174
    PDF: 935
    HTML: 2056
    Untitled: 187
  • MALARIA IN PREGNANCY

    Ebako Ndip Takem, Umberto D'Alessandro
    e2013010
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  • Brain abscesses caused by Nocardia paucivorans in a multiple myeloma patient treated with lenalidomide and dexamethasone: a case report and review of literature.

    Jacopo Monticelli, Roberto Luzzati, Cristina Maurel, Chiara Rosin, Romina Valentinotti, Claudio Farina
    e2015011
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    https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.011
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  • END-OF-LIFE CARE IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND TRASFUSION DEPENDEND-β-THALASSEMIA: CLINICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATION Challenges in Supportive Care, Equity, and Compassion at End of Life

    Dr. Sophia Delicou, Dr Katerina Xydaki, Dr Maria Moraki, Dr Theodoros Aforozis
    e2026015
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  • Gamma heavy chain disease associated with T-cell large granular lymphocyte lymphoproliferative disorder: case report and literature review.

    Maria Laura Bisegna, Maria Assunta Limongiello, Stefano Fiori, Maria Stefania De Propris, Irene Della Starza, Stefania Trasarti
    e2023010
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  • FUNGAL INFECTIONS OF THE EAR IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST: A REVIEW

    Borlingegowda Viswanatha, Khaja Naseeruddin
    e2011003
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  • Antimicrobial Stewardship in a world racked by conflict and uncertainty: A Call for global resilience AMS in conflict areas

    Edmond Puca, Lul Raka, Najada Como, Entela Puca, Monika Fida, Mustafa Altındiş
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  • THE PERFORMANCE OF 2023 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY (ACR) / EUROPEAN ALLIANCE OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR RHEUMATOLOGY (EULAR) ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA IN A REAL-WORLD RHEUMATOLOGY DEPARTMENT

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  • ANORECTAL PATHOLOGIES IN THE COURSE OF ACUTE LEUKAEMIAS: PREDICTIVE PARAMETERS Anorectal pathologies in leukemias

    Fatma Yılmaz, Bugra Saglam, Ufuk Gorduk, Ugur Kalan, Hacer Berna Afacan Öztürk, Ahmet Kursad Gunes, Murat Albayrak
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  • Parasitic hypereosinophilia in childhood: a diagnostic challenge

    Roberto Antonucci, Nadia Vacca, Giulia Boz, Cristian Locci, Rosanna Mannazzu, Claudio Cherchi, Giacomo Lai, Claudio Fozza
    e2018034
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  • Improvement of liver involvement in familial Mediterranean fever after introduction of canakinumab: a case report Liver involvement in familial Mediterranean fever

    Maria Grazia Massaro, Maurizio Pompili, Ludovico Luca Sicignano, Fabrizio Pizzolante, Elena Verrecchia, Fabio Maria Vecchio, Donato Rigante, Raffaele Manna
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  • A Suspected Case of Cerebral Fat Embolism Triggering a Drug-resistant Status Epilepticus in a HbS/β⁺-Thalassaemia Patient

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  • HOW I TREAT FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA

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  • OUTCOME OF ANTIFUNGAL COMBINATION THERAPY FOR INVASIVE MOLD INFECTIONS IN HEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS IS INDEPENDENT OF THE CHOSEN COMBINATION

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  • BEHÇET’S SYNDROME AND THROMBOSIS

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  • Leukemia cutis as a transient alarm bell of disease progression in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia under watchful waiting

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  • IDENTİFİCATİON OF LEİSHMANİA TROPİCA FROM PEDİATRİC VİSCERAL LEİSHMANİASİS İN SOUTHERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF TURKEY. Molecular characterization of pediatric visceral leishmaniasis

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  • DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PEDIATRIC PULMONARY AND EXTRA-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: A WARNING SIGN FOR THE FUTURE

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  • MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF TRAF6 IN MALIGNANT PROLIFERATION OF HUMAN NK/T CELL LYMPHOMA CELL HANK1

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