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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 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.
TRENDING
13:(1) (2021): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
Reviews Topics:
12:(1) (2020): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
COVID-19 and Reviews Topics:
11:(1) (2019): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
Reviews Topics:
10:(1) (2018): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
Review Topics:
9:(1) (2017): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
Review Topics:
8:(1) (2016): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
Review Topics:
8:(Supplementary Issue) (2016): Fifth International Symposium on Secondary Leukemia and Leukemogenesis
7:(1) (2015): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
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6:(1) (2014): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
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5:(1) (2013): ORIGINAL ARTICLES, REVIEWS:
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New articles (September/October) free online of Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases including Review Articles, Original Articles, Case Report and Letter to the Editor
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Mastocytosis is a rare neoplasm characterized by the expansion and accumulation in different organs/tissues of clonal mast cells (MCs) that can be recognized as morphologically and immunophenotypically abnormal.
In this review series, the topics will be: Multidisciplinary approach and prognostic scores; Molecular landascape; Radiological point of view ; Pediatric mastocytosis; Treatment of indolent and advanced SM
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CURRENT ISSUE
Published: 2021-01-01
Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021): Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Volume 13, 2021
Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific Letters, Case Reports, Letters to the Editor.
Digital Art: Salvatore Milano: "They looked like flowers"
Review Articles
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS IS GLOBALLY A PROGNOSTIC FACTOR FOR OVERALL SURVIVAL OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS; SYNTHESIS OF STUDIES AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Abstract 679 | PDF Downloads 214 HTML Downloads 58Page e2021006
HOW I TREAT FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA
Abstract 1754 | PDF Downloads 1153 HTML Downloads 143Page e2021025
ACQUIRED REFRACTORY IRON DEFICIENCY
Abstract 671 | PDF Downloads 216 HTML Downloads 57Page e2021028
PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ITP DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Abstract 974 | PDF Downloads 304 HTML Downloads 97Page e2021032
THE PROTHROMBOTIC STATE ASSOCIATED WITH SARS-COV-2 INFECTION: PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS
Abstract 581 | PDF Downloads 236 HTML Downloads 18Page e2021045
SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS: MOLECULAR LANDSCAPE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT
Abstract 440 | PDF Downloads 162 HTML Downloads 21Page e2021046
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN ARAB COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICAN REGION
Abstract 324 | PDF Downloads 74 HTML Downloads 19Page e2021050
THE SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS: RADIOLOGICAL POINT OF VIEW
Abstract 262 | PDF Downloads 68 HTML Downloads 22Page e2021056
GASTROINTESTINAL MYELOID SARCOMA A CASE PRESENTATION AND CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Abstract 86 | PDF Downloads 23 HTML Downloads 2Page e2021067
SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS: MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
Abstract 104 | PDF Downloads 34 HTML Downloads 1Page e2021068
PEDIATRIC MASTOCYTOSIS: AN UPDATE
Abstract 101 | HTML Downloads 4 PDF Downloads 35Page e2021069
Original Articles
THE HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AND BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF IRON STATUS IN ALFA-THALASSEMIA 3.7KB DELETION FROM METROPOLITAN REGION OF MANAUS, AMAZONAS, BRAZIL.
Abstract 3025 | PDF Downloads 172 HTML Downloads 64Page e2021001
PREVALENCE OF SERIOUS BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AT KING ABDULAZIZ HOSPITAL, AL AHSA
Abstract 585 | PDF Downloads 155 HTML Downloads 46Page e2021002
SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO OPTIMUM TKI TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA- A KNOWLEDGE-ATTITUDES-PRACTICES STUDY FROM INDIA
Abstract 591 | PDF Downloads 131 HTML Downloads 43Page e2021004
DONOR KIR3DL1/RECEPTOR HLA-BW4-80I COMBINATION REDUCES ACUTE LEUKEMIA RELAPSE AFTER UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION WITHOUT IN VITRO T-CELL DEPLETION
Abstract 592 | PDF Downloads 146 HTML Downloads 48Page e2021005
The INFLUENCE OF NUTRITION ON DISEASE SEVERITY AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ADULTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
Abstract 742 | PDF Downloads 225 HTML Downloads 54Page e2021007
SIMPLE PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR FINDINGS OF COVID-19 PATIENTS PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEVERITY OF THE DISEASE AND THE DURATION OF HOSPITAL STAY.
Abstract 1505 | PDF Downloads 330 HTML Downloads 56Page e2021009
HEMATOLOGY PATIENT PROTECTION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN ITALY: A NATIONWIDE NURSING SURVEY
Abstract 606 | PDF Downloads 188 HTML Downloads 62Page e2021011
REAL-WORLD OUTCOME IN THE PRE-CAR-T ERA OF MYELOMA PATIENTS QUALIFYING FOR CAR-T CELL THERAPY
Abstract 607 | PDF Downloads 200 HTML Downloads 54Page e2021012
THE IMPORTANCE OF TARGETED NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING USAGE IN CYTOGENETICALLY NORMAL MYELOID MALIGNANCIES
Abstract 557 | PDF Downloads 154 HTML Downloads 41Page e2021013
ELEVATED SERUM PENTRAXIN-3 LEVELS IS POSITIVELY CORRELATED TO DISEASE SEVERITY AND COAGULOPATHY IN COVID-19 PATIENTS
Abstract 615 | PDF Downloads 165 HTML Downloads 46Page e2021015
ELEVATED P-SELECTIN IN SEVERE COVID-19: CONSIDERATIONS FOR THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS
Abstract 685 | PDF Downloads 210 HTML Downloads 76Page e2021016
REAL WORLD DATA ON CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNITY PATIENTS RECEIVING ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY WHO PRESENTED WITH ACUTE BLEEDING TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AT A REGIONAL AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL: A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.
Abstract 636 | PDF Downloads 153 HTML Downloads 123Page e2021017
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF CLINICAL TOOL ‘STOPS’ AND SERUM PROCALCITONIN FOR OPTIMIZING ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY IN NEONATAL SEPSIS
Abstract 572 | PDF Downloads 153 HTML Downloads 65Page e2021019
FIRST-PHASE INSULIN RESPONSE (FPIR) TO INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (IVGTT), INSULIN SENSITIVITY AND LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP IN TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT BETA-THALASSEMIA (TDT) NORMOGLYCEMIC PATIENTS WITH REDUCED INSULIN SECRETION TO ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST: A PILOT STUDY.
Abstract 4514 | PDF Downloads 134 HTML Downloads 61Page e2021021
FIRST TUNISIAN CLUSTER ADMISSIONS OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH MULTISYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN (MIS-C)
Abstract 614 | PDF Downloads 170 HTML Downloads 54Page e2021023
PREVALENCE AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (G6PD) DEFICIENCY IN FEMALES FROM PREVIOUSLY MALARIA ENDEMIC REGIONS IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND AND IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL G6PD VARIANT
Abstract 557 | PDF Downloads 104 HTML Downloads 40Page Page e2021029
EXTRAMEDULLARY INVOLVEMENT IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. A SINGLE CENTER TEN YEARS EXPERIENCE
Abstract 594 | PDF Downloads 164 HTML Downloads 42Page Page e2021030
TIMING FOR STEP-DOWN THERAPY OF CANDIDEMIA IN NON-NEUTROPENIC PATIENTS: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CENTER STUDY
Abstract 545 | PDF Downloads 146 HTML Downloads 48Page Page e2021031
PERSISTENT COLONIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG SYMPTOMATIC RURAL INHABITANTS IN THE EGYPTIAN NILE DELTA
Abstract 528 | PDF Downloads 108 MP4 Downloads 129 Html Downloads 52Page Page e2021033
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF POST-AUTOTRANSPLANT LENALIDOMIDE IN PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA.
Abstract 508 | PDF Downloads 130 HTML Downloads 57Page Page e2021034
CONTINUOUS CULTURES OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ESTABLISHED IN TANZANIA FROM PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MALARIA
Abstract 486 | PDF Downloads 102 HTML Downloads 45Page Page e2021036
EXTREMELY OLD PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN INTERNAL MEDICINE: WHAT ABOUT THEIR ANEMIA?
Abstract 486 | PDF Downloads 99 HTML Downloads 46Page Page e2021038
INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTION IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA AND SEVERE APLASTIC ANEMIA
Abstract 654 | PDF Downloads 114 HTML Downloads 10Page e2021039
A A RETROSPECTIVE LONG-TERM STUDY ON AGE AT MENARCHE AND MENSTRUAL CHARACTERISTICS IN 85 YOUNG WOMEN WITH TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT Β-THALASSEMIA (TDT) BORN BETWEEN 1965 AND 1995
Abstract 391 | PDF Downloads 97 HTML Downloads 12Page e2021040
Hsa-miR-5581-3p and hsa-miR-542-3p target the F8 gene in hemophilia A without F8 mutations
Abstract 391 | PDF Downloads 96 HTML Downloads 15Page e2021041
CROCIN PROMOTES APOPTOSIS IN HUMAN EBV-TRANSFORMED B-LYMPHOCYTE VIA INTRINSIC PATHWAY
Abstract 354 | PDF Downloads 88 HTML Downloads 9Page e2021049
GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND INSULIN RESPONSE TO ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST (OGTT) IN PREPUBERTAL PATIENTS WITH TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT Β-THALASSEMIA (TDT): A LONG-TERM RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
Abstract 242 | PDF Downloads 56 HTML Downloads 9Page e2021051
PERFORMANCE OF THE SEPSIS‑3 DEFINITIONS IN A MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
Abstract 200 | PDF Downloads 39 HTML Downloads 3Page e2021052
I INCREASED RISK OF LYMPHOMA IN MEN INFECTED WITH TUBERCULOSIS
Abstract 239 | PDF Downloads 48 HTML Downloads 16Page e2021053
PREVALENCE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV STATUS AMONG VULNERABLE WOMEN IN NORTHERN UGANDA: BASELINE RESULTS FROM PE ATYE KENA COHORT STUDY
Abstract 238 | PDF Downloads 63 HTML Downloads 5Page e2021055
IMPLEMENTATION OF MICROELIMINATION STRATEGY IN ERADICATION OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEMOPHILIA IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF SERBIA
Abstract 189 | PDF Downloads 44 HTML Downloads 3Page e2021058
ANALYSIS OF PROGNOSTIC RISK FACTORS OF BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN BEIJING COMMUNITIES: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM 2015 TO 2019
Abstract 77 | PDF Downloads 21 HTML Downloads 1Page e2021060
the EARLY TREATMENT WITH BAMLANIVIMAB ALONE DOES NOT PREVENT COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATION AND ITS POST-ACUTE SEQUELAE. A REAL EXPERIENCE IN UMBRIA, ITALY.
Abstract 138 | PDF Downloads 40 HTML Downloads 1Page e2021061
IS ALLOGENEIC TRANPLANTATION AN OPTION IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY CONCURRENT MYELOFIBROSIS AND CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML)?
Abstract 125 | PDF Downloads 30 HTML Downloads 1Page e2021062
TREATMENT OUTCOMES AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE IN PATIENTS WITH DOUBLE EXPRESSOR DLBCL
Abstract 98 | PDF Downloads 32 HTML Downloads 1Page e2021063
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HENOCH-SCHÖNLEIN PURPURA ASSOCIATED WITH EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTION
Abstract 84 | PDF Downloads 26 HTML Downloads 2Page e2021064
LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS, SAFETY, AND TOLERABILITY OF TWICE-DAILY DOSING WITH DEFERASIROX IN CHILDREN WITH TRANSFUSION-DEPENDENT THALASSEMIAS UNRESPONSIVE TO STANDARD ONCE-DAILY DOSING
Abstract 85 | PDF Downloads 28 HTML Downloads 2Page e2021065
Scientific Letters
Thalassemia carrier detection among pregnant women
Abstract 547 | PDF Downloads 166 HTML Downloads 73Page e2021003
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity in patients with thalassemias: A Nationwide Iranian Experience
Abstract 561 | PDF Downloads 128 HTML Downloads 46Page e2021008
Clinical and laboratory features of Hemoglobin La Desirade variant in association with sickle cell and alpha thalassemia genes
Abstract 506 | PDF Downloads 101 HTML Downloads 44Page e2021010
Prognostic Impact Of Baseline Immunologic Profile In Aggressive B-cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas
Abstract 472 | PDF Downloads 95 HTML Downloads 53Page e2021018
DNA Repair Genes and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: XPD (751), XRCC1 (399), XRCC4-Intron 3, XRCC4 (1394) Gene Polymorphisms
Abstract 441 | PDF Downloads 99 HTML Downloads 56Page e2021020
The risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in Duhok city, Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Abstract 467 | PDF Downloads 118 HTML Downloads 237Page Page e2021035
Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of Henoch-Schönlein purpura associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in 131 children in Hubei province, China
Abstract 417 | PDF Downloads 87 HTML Downloads 44Page Page e2021037
Treatment of relapsed/refractory CLL with Venetoclax-Rituximab during the COVID-19 pandemic: A daily-life experience in southern Italy.
Abstract 414 | PDF Downloads 110 HTML Downloads 29Page e2021042
Cytomorphology of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cells (CAR-T)
Abstract 110 | PDF Downloads 50 HTML Downloads 2Page e2021066
Letters to the Editor
Worldwide distribution of prekallikrein (PK) deficiency: the defect seems mainly concentrated in West African countries and in the United States
Abstract 442 | PDF Downloads 78 HTML Downloads 39Page e2021014
Mild clinical course of COVID-19 infection in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) without interruption
Abstract 613 | PDF Downloads 215 HTML Downloads 73Page e2021022
Mental well-being in patients with transfusion-dependent anemias and hemochromatosis during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Abstract 502 | PDF Downloads 219 HTML Downloads 47Page e2021024
Parvovirus B19 infection in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency
Abstract 477 | PDF Downloads 97 HTML Downloads 47Page e2021026
Comment on “Worldwide Distribution of PK Deficiency: the Defect Seems Mainly Concentrated in West African Countries and the United States.”
Abstract 552 | PDF Downloads 172 HTML Downloads 43Page e2021027
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura cases following COVID-19 vaccination.
Abstract 424 | PDF Downloads 121 HTML Downloads 74Page e2021047
A rare case of superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis and thrombocytopenia following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2
Abstract 436 | PDF Downloads 112 HTML Downloads 207Page e2021048
Severe CMV infection after chemo-immunotherapy with dose- reduced bendamustine and rituximab in an old mantle cell lymphoma patient
Abstract 216 | PDF Downloads 46 HTML Downloads 3Page e2021054
Case Reports
Aberrant acquisition of T-cell associated markers in plasma cell neoplasms: An aggressive disease with extramedullary involvement and very short survival
Abstract 346 | PDF Downloads 74 HTML Downloads 66Page e2021043
Ibrutinib associated cardiovascular events in a patient wearing an implanted loop recorder
Abstract 375 | PDF Downloads 86 HTML Downloads 9Page e2021044
Concurrent diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia and symptomatic COVID-19 infection: a case report successfully treated with Azacitidine-Venetoclax combination
Abstract 244 | PDF Downloads 78 HTML Downloads 7Page e2021057
Safety warning for ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine in patients with sickle cell disease
Abstract 286 | PDF Downloads 115 HTML Downloads 9Page e2021059