Case Reports:

G Stuhler, S Knop, MS Topp, SM Krober, U Ernemann, U Herrlinger, H Einsele, L Kanz, H Hebart

Intravenously administered rituximab induces remission of EBV associated non Hodgkin lymphoma confined to the brain in a patient after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Haematologica 2006 91: ECR01. [PDF]  

JM Sancho, JM Ribera, MJ Romero, V Martin-Reina, P Giraldo, E Ruiz

Compassionate use of intrathecal depot liposomal cytarabine as treatment of central nervous system involvement in acute leukemia: report of 6 cases
Haematologica 2006 91: ECR02. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L de Leval, C Jardon-Jeghers, C Gennigens, J Boniver

Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting as a bladder tumour
Haematologica 2006 91: ECR03. [PDF]  

M Ponzoni, F Ciceri, R Crocchiolo, G Famoso, C Doglioni

Isolated bone marrow occurrence of classic Hodgkin's lymphoma in an HIV-negative patient
Haematologica 2006 91: ECR04. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CS Chim, WK Yuen, F Loong, WH Hu, GC Ooi

Primary large B-cell lymphoma of the ampulla of Vater
Haematologica 2006 91: ECR06. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D Francois, C Chevreaud, D Vignon, P de Mazancourt

Prothrombin Suresnes: a case of homozygous F299V mutation responsible for hypodysprothrombinemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 431-432. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Comparative Study:

S Pekova, F Baran-Marszak, J Schwarz, V Matoska

Mutated or non-mutated? Which database to choose when determining the IgVH hypermutation status in chronic lymphocytic leukemia?
Haematologica 2006 91: ELT01. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SM Baig, A Azhar, H Hassan, JM Baig, A Kiyani, U Hameed, F Rabbi, H Bokhari, M Aslam, MA Ud Din, SA Baig, K Hassan, JA Qureshi, T Zaman

Spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in various regions of Punjab and Islamabad, Pakistan: establishment of prenatal diagnosis
Haematologica 2006 91: ELT02. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HY Law, HY Luo, W Wang, JF Ho, H Najmabadi, IS Ng, MH Steinberg, DH Chui, SS Chong

Determining the cause of patchwork HBA1 and HBA2 genes: recurrent gene conversion or crossing over fixation events
Haematologica 2006 91: 297-302. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Recalcati, A Alberghini, A Campanella, U Gianelli, E De Camilli, D Conte, G Cairo

Iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 in human monocytes, macrophages and duodenum: expression and regulation in hereditary hemochromatosis and iron deficiency
Haematologica 2006 91: 303-310. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Albano, A Mestice, A Pannunzio, F Lanza, B Martino, D Pastore, F Ferrara, P Carluccio, F Nobile, G Castoldi, V Liso, G Specchia

The biological characteristics of CD34+ CD2+ adult acute promyelocytic leukemia and the CD34 CD2 hypergranular (M3) and microgranular (M3v) phenotypes
Haematologica 2006 91: 311-316. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Golay, C Cortiana, M Manganini, G Cazzaniga, A Salvi, O Spinelli, R Bassan, T Barbui, A Biondi, A Rambaldi, M Introna

The sensitivity of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells carrying the t(12;21) translocation to campath-1H-mediated cell lysis
Haematologica 2006 91: 322-330. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ML Sanchez, J Almeida, A Lopez, JM Sayagues, A Rasillo, EA Sarasquete, A Balanzategui, MD Tabernero, J Diaz-Mediavilla, C Barrachina, A Paiva, M Gonzalez, JF San Miguel, A Orfao

Heterogeneity of neoplastic cells in B-cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorders: biclonality versus intraclonal evolution of a single tumor cell clone
Haematologica 2006 91: 331-339. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Sanchez-Garcia, J Serrano, P Gomez, F Martinez, C Martin, J Roman-Gomez, A Rodriguez, C Herrera, JM Garcia, MA Alvarez, A Torres

The impact of acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease on normal and malignant B-lymphoid precursors after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 340-347. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K Sharpe, MJ Ashenden, YO Schumacher

A third generation approach to detect erythropoietin abuse in athletes
Haematologica 2006 91: 356-363. [Abstract] [PDF]  

D Campioni, S Moretti, L Ferrari, M Punturieri, GL Castoldi, F Lanza

Immunophenotypic heterogeneity of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells from patients with hematologic disorders: correlation with bone marrow microenvironment
Haematologica 2006 91: 364-368. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Timeus, N Crescenzio, F Sanavio, L Fazio, A Doria, L Foglia, Y Pignochino, M Berger, W Piacibello, E Madon, L Cordero di Montezemolo, F Fagioli

Multilineage engraftment of refrozen cord blood hematopoietic progenitors in NOD/SCID mice
Haematologica 2006 91: 369-372. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Ducastelle, L Ades, C Gardin, H Dombret, T Prebet, E Deconinck, B Rio, X Thomas, S Debotton, A Guerci, N Gratecos, A Stamatoullas, N Fegueux, F Dreyfus, P Fenaux, E Wattel

Long-term follow-up of autologous stem cell transplantation after intensive chemotherapy in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome or secondary acute myeloid leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 373-376. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Cimino, F Pane, L Elia, E Finolezzi, P Fazi, L Annino, G Meloni, M Mancini, A Tedeschi, F Di Raimondo, G Specchia, G Fioritoni, P Leoni, A Cuneo, C Mecucci, G Saglio, F Mandelli, R Foa, GIMEMA Leukemia Working Party

The role of BCR/ABL isoforms in the presentation and outcome of patients with Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a seven-year update of the GIMEMA 0496 trial
Haematologica 2006 91: 377-380. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Cavazzini, A Bardi, E Tammiso, M Ciccone, A Russo-Rossi, D Divona, F Lo Coco, JM Hernandez, I Wlodarska, A Hagemeijer, G Castoldi, A Cuneo

Validation of an interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization approach for the detection of MLL gene rearrangements and of the MLL/AF9 fusion in acute myeloid leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 381-385. [Abstract] [PDF]  

N Grzasko, A Dmoszynska, M Hus, M Soroka-Wojtaszko

Stimulation of erythropoiesis by thalidomide in multiple myeloma patients: its influence on FasL, TRAIL and their receptors on erythroblasts
Haematologica 2006 91: 386-389. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LT Vlasveld, GM Bos, AA Ermens, JA Bakker, J Lindemans

Hyperhomocysteinemia and functional cobalamin deficiency due to granulocytosis-induced alterations in the cobalamin-binding protein
Haematologica 2006 91: 394-396. [Abstract] [PDF]  

F Sizzano, P Magistroni, F Locatelli, A Busca, M Falda, P Affaticati, G Mazzola, AM Dall'omo, A Amoroso

Prognostic value of donor cytotoxic T-lymphocyte precursor frequencies for acute graft-versus-host disease in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from HLA-matched siblings: a single center experience in a cohort of 92 patients
Haematologica 2006 91: 397-400. [Abstract] [PDF]  

G Giraud, G Bogdanovic, P Priftakis, M Remberger, BM Svahn, L Barkholt, O Ringden, J Winiarski, P Ljungman, T Dalianis

The incidence of hemorrhagic cystitis and BK-viruria in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell recipients according to intensity of the conditioning regimen
Haematologica 2006 91: 401-404. [Abstract] [PDF]  

V Guida, A Colosimo, M Fichera, T Lombardo, L Rigoli, B Dallapiccola

Hematologic and molecular characterization of a Sicilian cohort of alpha thalassemia carriers
Haematologica 2006 91: 409-410. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Z Mnjoyan, D Yoon, J Li, F Delhommeau, V Afshar-Kharghan

The effect of the JAK2 V617F mutation on PRV-1 expression
Haematologica 2006 91: 411-412. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MJ Percy, FG Jones, AR Green, JT Reilly, MF McMullin

The incidence of the JAK2 V617F mutation in patients with idiopathic erythrocytosis
Haematologica 2006 91: 413-414. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RA Mesa, H Powell, T Lasho, GW DeWald, R McClure, A Tefferi

A longitudinal study of the JAK2(V617F) mutation in myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia: analysis at two time points
Haematologica 2006 91: 415-416. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PJ Hayden, NM O'Connell, DA O'Brien, P O'Rourke, E Lawlor, PV Browne

The value of autofluorescence as a diagnostic feature of acute promyelocytic leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 417-418. [Abstract] [PDF]  

B Brethon, A Auvrignon, JM Cayuela, H Lapillonne, G Leverger, A Baruchel

Molecular response in two children with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia treated with a combination of gemtuzumab ozogamicin and cytarabine
Haematologica 2006 91: 419-421. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Yeung, H Kempski, M Neat, S Bailey, O Smith, HJ Brady

Characterization of the t(17;19) translocation by gene-specific fluorescent in situ hybridization-based cytogenetics and detection of the E2A-HLF fusion transcript and protein in patients' cells
Haematologica 2006 91: 422-424. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S de Guibert, A Jaccard, M Bernard, P Turlure, D Bordessoule, T Lamy

Rituximab and DHAP followed by intensive therapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation as first-line therapy for mantle cell lymphoma
Haematologica 2006 91: 425-426. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SH Lee, YC Ahn, WS Kim, YH Ko, K Kim, K Park

The effect of pre-irradiation dose intense CHOP on anthracyline resistance in localized nasal NK/T-cell lymphoma
Haematologica 2006 91: 427-428. [Abstract] [PDF]  

L Fischer, K Jahnke, P Martus, M Weller, E Thiel, A Korfel

The diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and protein in the detection of lymphomatous meningitis in primary central nervous system lymphomas
Haematologica 2006 91: 429-430. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Comment:

L Breitscheidel, A Sahakyan

Modeling relapse-free survival with time-dependent covariate graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: ELT03. [PDF]  

Journal Article:

A Delluc, E Pasquier, L de Saint Martin, D Mottier

Rituximab's cost for the treatment of primary cold agglutinin disease should not limit its use
Haematologica 2006 91: ECR05. [PDF]  

Comment:

JL Miller

Patchwork HBA1 and HBA2 genes
Haematologica 2006 91: 289A.  

M Worwood

Iron regulatory protein 1 and 2 in human monocytes, macrophages and duodenum: expression and regulation in hereditary hemochromatosis and iron deficiency
Haematologica 2006 91: 289B.  

MG Della Porta

CD34 and CD2 expression in acute promyelocytic leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 289C.  

L Malcovati

Novel homeobox gene recombination in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 290A.  

VH van der Velden

Cytotoxicity of Campath-1H for acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells carrying the t(12;21) translocation
Haematologica 2006 91: 291A.  

CH Dunphy

Biclonality versus intraclonal evolution of a single tumor cell clone in B-cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorders
Haematologica 2006 91: 292A.  

R Handgretinger

The role of graft-versus-host disease in the inhibition of normal B-lymphopoiesis and leukemic control of B-lineage acute lymphocytic leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Haematologica 2006 91: 292B.  

Editorial:

CD De Angelis, JM Drazen, FA Frizelle, C Haug, J Hoey, R Horton, S Kotzin, C Laine, A Marusic, AJ Overbeke, TV Schroeder, HC Sox, MB Van Der Weyden

Is this clinical trial fully registered? A statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
Haematologica 2006 91: 293-295. [PDF]  

Registration of clinical trials: a step forward but still a long path ahead
Haematologica 2006 91: 295-296. [PDF]  

Journal Article:

GK Przybylski, WA Dik, P Grabarczyk, J Wanzeck, P Chudobska, K Jankowski, A von Bergh, JJ van Dongen, CA Schmidt, AW Langerak

The effect of a novel recombination between the homeobox gene NKX2-5 and the TRD locus in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia on activation of the NKX2-5 gene
Haematologica 2006 91: 317-321. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Houtenbos, TM Westers, GJ Ossenkoppele, AA van de Loosdrecht

Leukemia-derived dendritic cells: towards clinical vaccination protocols in acute myeloid leukemia
Haematologica 2006 91: 348-355. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clinical Trial, Phase II:

A Dispenzieri, MA Gertz, MQ Lacy, SM Geyer, TR Fitch, RG Fenton, R Fonseca, CR Isham, SC Ziesmer, C Erlichman, KC Bible

Flavopiridol in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma: a phase 2 trial with clinical and pharmacodynamic end-points
Haematologica 2006 91: 390-393. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HT Greinix, RM Knobler, N Worel, B Schneider, A Schneeberger, P Hoecker, M Mitterbauer, W Rabitsch, A Schulenburg, P Kalhs

The effect of intensified extracorporeal photochemotherapy on long-term survival in patients with severe acute graft-versus-host disease
Haematologica 2006 91: 405-408. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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