Editorials & Perspectives:

William Blum

Post-remission therapy in acute myeloid leukemia: what should I do now?
Haematologica 2008 93: 801-805. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cécile Kaplan

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
Haematologica 2008 93: 805-807. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heidi Grundt, Dennis W.T. Nilsen

n-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease
Haematologica 2008 93: 807-812. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sophie Gandrille

Endothelial cell protein C receptor and the risk of venous thrombosis
Haematologica 2008 93: 812-816. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Article:

Patrick B. Walter, Eric A. Macklin, John Porter, Patricia Evans, Janet L. Kwiatkowski, Ellis J. Neufeld, Thomas Coates, Patricia J. Giardina, Elliott Vichinsky, Nancy Olivieri, Daniele Alberti, Jaymes Holland, Paul Harmatz for the Thalassemia Clinical Research Network

Inflammation and oxidant-stress in β-thalassemia patients treated with iron chelators deferasirox (ICL670) or deferoxamine: an ancillary study of the Novartis CICL670A0107 trial
Haematologica 2008 93: 817-825. Published online May 10, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.11755 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dorle Messerer, Jutta Engel, Joerg Hasford, Markus Schaich, Gerhard Ehninger, Cristina Sauerland, Thomas Büchner, Andrea Schumacher, Rainer Krahl, Dietger Niederwieser, Jürgen Krauter, Arnold Ganser, Ursula Creutzig, Hartmut Döhner, Richard F. Schlenk for the German AML Intergroup

Impact of different post-remission strategies on quality of life in patients with acute myeloid leukemia
Haematologica 2008 93: 826-833. Published online May 10, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.11987 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Loic Fouillard, Myriam Labopin, Alois Gratwohl, Eliane Gluckman, Francesco Frassoni, Dietrich W. Beelen, Roelof Willemze, Emili Montserrat, Didier Blaise, Arturo Iriondo Atienza, Jorge Sierra, Moema Santos, Norbert-Claude Gorin, Vanderson Rocha on behalf of the Acute Leukemia Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Results of syngeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute leukemia: risk factors for outcomes of adults transplanted in first complete remission
Haematologica 2008 93: 834-841. Published online May 10, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.11277 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aneire E. Khan, Valentina Gallo, Jakob Linseisen, Rudolf Kaaks, Sabine Rohrmann, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Anne Tjønneland, Hans E. Johnsen, Kim Overvad, Manuela M. Bergmann, Heiner Boeing, Vasiliki Benetou, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Antonia Trichopoulou, Giovanna Masala, Amalia Mattiello, Sara Grioni, Rosario Tumino, Roel C.H. Vermeulen, Petra H.M. Peeters, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Martine M. Ros, Eiliv Lund, Eva Ardanaz, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Paula Jakszyn, Nerea Larrañaga, Adamina Losada, Nikolaus Becker, Alexandra Nieters, Carmen Martínez-García, Åsa Ågren, Göran Hallmans, Göran Berglund, Jonas Manjer, Naomi E. Allen, Timothy J. Key, Sheila Bingham, Kay Tee Khaw, Nadia Slimani, Pietro Ferrari, Paolo Boffetta, Teresa Norat, Paolo Vineis, Elio Riboli on behalf of the EPIC Group

Diabetes and the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple myeloma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Haematologica 2008 93: 842-850. Published online April 28, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12297 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Khan et al.- Supplementary Appendix]  

Juan Carlos Montero, Ricardo López-Pérez, Jesús F. San Miguel, Atanasio Pandiella

Expression of c-Kit isoforms in multiple myeloma: differences in signaling and drug sensitivity
Haematologica 2008 93: 851-859. Published online April 28, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tiffany Khong, Janelle Sharkey, Andrew Spencer

The effect of azacitidine on interleukin-6 signaling and nuclear factor-B activation and its in vitro and in vivo activity against multiple myeloma
Haematologica 2008 93: 860-869. Published online April 28, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mette Kjær Killie, Anne Husebekk, Jens Kjeldsen-Kragh, Bjørn Skogen

A prospective study of maternal anti-HPA 1a antibody level as a potential predictor of alloimmune thrombocytopenia in the newborn
Haematologica 2008 93: 870-877. Published online April 28, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12515 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eva Molina, José Hermida, Jacinto López-Sagaseta, Cristina Puy, Ramón Montes

The functional properties of a truncated form of endothelial cell protein C receptor generated by alternative splicing
Haematologica 2008 93: 878-884. Published online April 28, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Silvia Navarro, Pilar Medina, Yolanda Mira, Amparo Estellés, Piedad Villa, Fernando Ferrando, Amparo Vayá, Rogier M. Bertina, Francisco España

Haplotypes of the EPCR gene, prothrombin levels, and the risk of venous thrombosis in carriers of the prothrombin G20210A mutation
Haematologica 2008 93: 885-891. Published online April 9, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12448 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Serena Del Turco, Giuseppina Basta, Guido Lazzerini, Monica Evangelista, Giuseppe Rainaldi, Piero Tanganelli, Jeppe Hagstrup Christensen, Erik Berg Schmidt, Raffaele De Caterina

Effect of the administration of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on circulating levels of microparticles in patients with a previous myocardial infarction
Haematologica 2008 93: 892-899. Published online May 10, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.11845 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cristina Legnani, Gualtiero Palareti, Benilde Cosmi, Michela Cini, Alberto Tosetto, Armando Tripodi for the PROLONG Investigators (on behalf of FCSA and Italian Federation of Thrombosis Centers)

Different cut-off values of quantitative D-dimer methods to predict the risk of venous thromboembolism recurrence: a post-hoc analysis of the PROLONG study
Haematologica 2008 93: 900-907. Published online April 28, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12320 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Report:

Troy C. Lund, Jakub Tolar, Paul J. Orchard

Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor mobilized CFU-F can be found in the peripheral blood but have limited expansion potential
Haematologica 2008 93: 908-912. Published online April 9, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Lund et al.- Supplementary Appendix]  

Jan-Gowth Chang, Wen-Chan Tsai, Inn-Wen Chong, Chao-Sung Chang, Chyi-Chang Lin, Ta-Chih Liu

β-thalassemia major evolution from β-thalassemia minor is associated with paternal uniparental isodisomy of chromosome 11p15
Haematologica 2008 93: 913-916. Published online April 15, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

John C. Wood, Raffaella Origa, Annalisa Agus, Gildo Matta, Thomas D. Coates, Renzo Galanello

Onset of cardiac iron loading in pediatric patients with thalassemia major
Haematologica 2008 93: 917-920. Published online April 15, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12513 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniela Cilloni, Francesca Messa, Francesca Arruga, Ilaria Defilippi, Enrico Gottardi, Milena Fava, Sonia Carturan, Renata Catalano, Enrico Bracco, Emanuela Messa, Paolo Nicoli, Daniela Diverio, Miguel A. Sanz, Giovanni Martinelli, Francesco Lo-Coco, Giuseppe Saglio

Early prediction of treatment outcome in acute myeloid leukemia by measurement of WT1 transcript levels in peripheral blood samples collected after chemotherapy
Haematologica 2008 93: 921-924. Published online April 28, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Cilloni et al.- Supplementary Appendix]  

Adriana Balduzzi, Paola De Lorenzo, André Schrauder, Valentino Conter, Cornelio Uderzo, Christina Peters, Thomas Klingebiel, Jan Stary, Maria S. Felice, Edina Magyarosy, Martin Schrappe, Giorgio Dini, Helmut Gadner, Maria Grazia Valsecchi

Eligibility for allogeneic transplantation in very high risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: the impact of the waiting time
Haematologica 2008 93: 925-929. Published online April 15, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francesco Zaja, Marta Lisa Battista, Maria Teresa Pirrotta, Salvatore Palmieri, Michela Montagna, Nicola Vianelli, Luciana Marin, Margherita Cavallin, Monica Bocchia, Marzia Defina, Micaela Ippoliti, Felicetto Ferrara, Francesca Patriarca, Maria Antonietta Avanzini, Mario Regazzi, Michele Baccarani, Miriam Isola, Franca Soldano, Renato Fanin

Lower dose rituximab is active in adults patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Haematologica 2008 93: 930-933. Published online April 9, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mehran Karimi, Marzia Menegatti, Abdolreza Afrasiabi, Sanaz Sarikhani, Flora Peyvandi

Phenotype and genotype report on homozygous and heterozygous patients with congenital factor X deficiency
Haematologica 2008 93: 934-938. Published online April 9, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Pierre M. Durand, Theresa L. Coetzer

Pyruvate kinase deficiency protects against malaria in humans
Haematologica 2008 93: 939-940. Published online May 6, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12450 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aida Habib, Corinne Kunzelmann, Wael Shamseddeen, Fatiha Zobairi, Jean-Marie Freyssinet, Ali Taher

Elevated levels of circulating procoagulant microparticles in patients with β-thalassemia intermedia
Haematologica 2008 93: 941-942. Published online May 6, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12460 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lina Basel-Vanagaite, Inderjeet Dokal, Hannah Tamary, Abraham Avigdor, Ben Zion Garty, Alexander Volkov, Tom Vulliamy

Expanding the clinical phenotype of autosomal dominant dyskeratosis congenita caused by TERT mutations
Haematologica 2008 93: 943-944. Published online May 6, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12317 [Full Text] [PDF] [Basel-Vanagaite et al.- Supplementary Appendix]  

Eva Zetterberg, Uday Popat, Hans Hasselbalch, Josef Prchal, Jan Palmblad

Angiogenesis in pulmonary hypertension with myelofibrosis
Haematologica 2008 93: 945-946. Published online May 6, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12426 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carolyn Owen, Priya Virappane, Mary Alikian, Irina Stasevich, Karin Summers, Debbie Lillington, Dominique Bonnet, Alan Burnett, Ken Mills, T. Andrew Lister, Jude Fitzgibbon

WTX is rarely mutated in acute myeloid leukemia
Haematologica 2008 93: 947-948. Published online May 6, 2008; doi:10.3324/haematol.12509 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Inga Nieländer, José I. Martín-Subero, Florian Wagner, Michael Baudis, Stefan Gesk, Lana Harder, Dirk Hasenclever, Wolfram Klapper, Markus Kreuz, Christiane Pott, José A. Martinez-Climent, Martin Dreyling, Norbert Arnold, Reiner Siebert

Recurrent loss of the Y chromosome and homozygous deletions within the pseudoautosomal region 1: association with male predominance in mantle cell lymphoma
Haematologica 2008 93: 949-950. [Full Text] [PDF] [Nielander et al.- Supplementary Appendix]  

Clara Targhetta, Maria Giuseppina Cabras, Angela Maria Mamusa, Gabriella Mascia, Emanuele Angelucci

Hepatitis B virus-related liver disease in isolated anti-hepatitis B-core positive lymphoma patients receiving chemo- or chemo-immune therapy
Haematologica 2008 93: 951-952. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maurizio Zangari, Jose Guerrero, Federica Cavallo, H. Keshava Prasad, Dixie Esseltine, Louis Fink

Hemostatic effects of bortezomib treatment in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
Haematologica 2008 93: 953-954. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stefan O. Schonland, Jochen Hansmann, Gunnhild Mechtersheimer, Hartmut Goldschmidt, Anthony D. Ho, Ute Hegenbart

Bone involvement in patients with systemic AL amyloidosis mimics lytic myeloma bone disease
Haematologica 2008 93: 955-956. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Giancarlo Castaman, Sofia H. Giacomelli, Alfredo Dragani, Ornella Iuliani, Stefano Duga, Francesco Rodeghiero

Severe factor XI deficiency in the Abruzzo region of Italy is associated to different FXI gene mutations
Haematologica 2008 93: 957-958. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. Yaël Nossent, Hans L. Vos, Frits R. Rosendaal, Rogier M. Bertina, Jeroen C.J. Eikenboom

Aquaporin 2 gene variations, risk of venous thrombosis and plasma levels of von Willebrand factor and factor VIII
Haematologica 2008 93: 959-960. [Full Text] [PDF] [Nossent et al.- Supplementary Appendix]  

Online Only Articles:

John M Ford, Lisa Rojkjaer

Comment to: Development of lens opacities with peculiar characteristics in patients affected by thalassemia major on chelating treatment with deferasirox. Haematologica 2008;93:e9-10
Haematologica 2008 93: e49. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicoletta Masera

Reply to: [Comment to: Development of lens opacities with peculiar characteristics in patients affected by thalassemia major on chelating treatment with deferasirox. Haematologica 2008;93:e9–10]
Haematologica 2008 93: e50. [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Sigvard Olsson, Anders Norrby

Comment to: Hepcidin: from discovery to differential diagnosis. Haematologica 2008; 93:90-7
Haematologica 2008 93: e51. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erwin H.J.M. Kemna, Harold Tjalsma, Hans L. Willems, Dorine W. Swinkels

Reply to: [Comment to: Hepcidin: from discovery to differential diagnosis. Haematologica 2008; 93:90-7]
Haematologica 2008 93: e52. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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