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The Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases has been founded by Giuseppe Leone, Professor of Hematology at the Catholic University of Rome in 2009, with the collaboration of Prof. Eligio Pizzigallo, Infectivologist, and Prof. Luigi Maria Larocca, Pathologist.


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The Journal publishes original articles and topical reviews concerning both clinical hematology and infectious diseases. A particular attention will be deserved to original article focusing on the relationship between blood and infectious diseases.

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17:(1) (2025): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • Review Series on Multiple Myeloma Update 2025, Guest Editor: Pellegrino Musto: More...

 

16:(1) (2024): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • Articles Series About CAR-T Therapy in Hematological Neoplasms. Guest Editor: Ugo Testa: More...

      • Review Series UPDATE on THERAPY-REALTED MYELOID NEOPLASM. Guest Editors: Emiliano Fabiani and Maria Teresa Voso: More...

 

15:(1) (2023): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

 

14:(1) (2022): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • UPDATE ON MASTOCYTOSIS. Guest Editor: Prof. Livio Pagano. More...

 

13:(1) (2021): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

 

12:(1) (2020): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

COVID-19 and Reviews Topics:

      • ANEMIAS DUE TO DEFICIENCY OR DEFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF IRON AND/OR VITAMINS. Guest Editor: Domenico Girelli. More...
      • News on COVID-19, Review, Original Articles, and Letters to the Editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. More...

 

11:(1) (2019): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Reviews Topics:

      • UPDATE ON THALASSEMIA AND HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES. Guest Editor: Raffaella Origa. More...
      • UPDATE ON HEMOPHILIA. Guest Editor: Giancarlo Castaman. More...

 

10:(1) (2018): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • UPDATE ON VIRAL INFECTIONS AND LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES. Guest Editors: M. Luppi and L. Arcaini More...

 

9:(1) (2017): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • UPDATE ON SECONDARY LEUKEMIAS. Guest Editor: Richard Larson More...
      • UPDATE on “Rare Plasma Cell Dyscrasias” Guest Editor: M.T. Petrucci More...

 

8:(1) (2016): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

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

 

8:(Supplementary Issue) (2016): Fifth International Symposium on Secondary Leukemia and Leukemogenesis

7:(1) (2015): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES. AN UPDATE. SINCE 2015. Guest Editors: C. Mecucci and M.T. Voso. More...
      • BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN HEMATOLOGIC PATIENTS: AN UPDATE. SINCE 2015.Guest Editors F. Aversa and M. Tumbarello More...

 

6:(1) (2014): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIAS: AN UPDATE. Guest Editors: M. Baccarani and F. Pane. More...
      • UPDATE IN HODGKIN LYMPHOMA. Guest Editor: A. Gallamini More...
      • ACUTE LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA IN ADULTS: AN UPDATE. Guest Editors: R. Bassan and A.Rambaldi More...

 

5:(1) (2013): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA IN THE ELDERLY. Guest Editors: S. Amadori and A. Venditti. More...
      • VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR UPDATE. Guest Editors: A. Federici and F. Rodeghiero. More...
      • TUBERCULOSIS UPDATE. Guest Editors: R. Cauda and A. Matteelli. More...

 

4:(1) (2012): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • MALARIA IN THE WORLD: 2012 Update. Guest Editors: F. Castelli and E. Pizzigallo More...
      • CHRONIC LYMPHOID LEUKEMIA: Update on Immunological Dysfunctions and Infections. Guest Editors: D. Efremov and L. Laurenti More...
      • AUTOLOGOUS HEMOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA: 2012 UPDATE. Guest Editors: G. Meloni and G. Visani More...

 

3:(1) (2011): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:

Review Topics:

      • FUNGAL INFECTIONS. Guest Editor: L. Pagano More...
      • THROMBOSIS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA. Guest Editor: V. De Stefano More...
      • ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA AND I THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Guest Editors: F. Lo-Coco and G. Avvisati More...
      • THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS: Guest Editor: R. Larson More...

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CURRENT ISSUE

Published: 2025-01-01

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2025): Review Articles, Original Article, Scientific Letter, Case Reports Letter to the Editor

Review Articles

REFINING HIGH-RISK MULTIPLE MYELOMA: ADVANCEMENTS IN GENOMIC, CLINICAL, AND PROGNOSTIC CRITERIA

Dr. Enrica A. Martino, Dr. G. Mele, Dr. F. Morabito, Dr. M. Gentile, Dr. E. Vigna
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PLASMACELL NEOPLASMS WITH SPREADING IN THE BLOOD AND TISSUES: EXTRAMEDULLARY MYELOMA DISEASE A RARE AGGRESSIVE FORM OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA (First of two parts)

Ugo Testa; Giuseppe G.M. Leone
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Original Articles

INTEGRATION OF CD200, CD43 AND ROR1 IN MULTIPARAMETER FLOW CYTOMETRY (MFC) ROUTINE PANELS FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF B-CELL LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS (B-LPDS)

Alessandro Laganà, Raffaele Maglione, Alessandro Costa, Biancamaria Mandelli, Maria Laura Bisegna, Maria Laura Milani, Valeria Filipponi, Maria Grazia Nardacci, Tania Soriano, Eugenio Santacroce, Luigi Petrucci, Carla Giordano, Maurizio Martelli, Maria Stefania De Propris
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IMPACT OF RED CELL EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION ON INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Adriana Costa, Inês Mendes, Joana Lage, Marta Moniz, Catarina Amorim, Pedro Nunes, Helena Almeida, Carlos Escobar, Ana Ventura, Teresa Ferreira
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CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA: A MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION STUDY

Yuzhan Chen, Qitian Mu, Guifang Ouyang
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A MULTICENTER ICET-A SURVEY ON ADHERENCE TO ANNUAL ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (OGTT) SCREENING IN TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT THALASSEMIA (TDT) PATIENTS - THE EXPERT CLINICIANS’ OPINION ON FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADHERENCE AND ON ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES FOR ADHERENCE OPTIMIZATION

Vincenzo De Sanctis
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Scientific Letters

Genetic modulators of diversity in biological expression of sickle cell anemia in patients from democratic republic of Congo

MAMY NGOLE, MAMY NGOLE, GLOIRE MBAYABO, PAUL LUMBALA, VALERIE RACE, NONO MVUAMA, STEPHANIE DEMAN, ERIKA SOUCHE, PROSPER TSHILOBO LUKUSA, CHRIS VAN GEET, KOENRAAD DEVRIENDT, GERT MATTHIJS, AIME LUMAKA, ISABELLE CLEYNEN
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Anti-mullerian hormone evaluates ovarian function in patients with non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia

Yan Li, Kun Yang, Yali Zhou, Shiwu Cheng
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The diagnostic sensitivity of beta-D-glucan assay in patients with chronic disseminated candidiasis

Hyo Ju Son, Kyung Hwa Jung
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Letters to the Editor

Fusion Gene Landscape in a Case of Acute Myelocytic Leukemia with Myelocyte Morphology

Zhan Su, Yan Li, Haidong Zhu, Yaqi Wang, Meiying Yang
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West Nile Virus Encephalitis in A Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Giovanni D'Arena, Carmela Palladino, Michele Bosco, Michele Gambardella
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