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Editor-in-Chief
Giuseppe Leone
Italy

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

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List of contents:

 

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

COVID-19 Series

  • News on COVID-19 Letters to the Editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. More...

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

Reviews Series

  • UPDATE ON THALASSEMIA AND HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES. Guest Editor: Raffaella Origa. 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 IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Guest Editors: F. Lo-Coco and G. Avvisati More...
  • THERAPY-RELATED MYELOID NEOPLASMS: Guest Editor: R. Larson More...

Announcements

Mjhid New ArticlesJuly/August 2020

2020-07-02

 July/August Articles of the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. 

Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific Letters, Cases Report, Letter to the Editor

News on COVID-19 Letters to the Editor of the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

2020-05-08

On March 12, 2020, when there were in the world more than 118,000 cases of COVID-19 infection in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives, the President of OMS made the assessment that COVID-19 could be characterized as a pandemic. At present, this pandemic is spreading more and more. Today, May 7, 2020, the Confirmed cases are 3 634 172, the confirmed deaths are 251 446, the confirmed countries, areas or territories with cases are 212.

Mjhid New Articles May/June 2020

2020-04-30

New Articles, May/June 2020.   Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases 

Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific Letters, Case Reports, Letters to the Editor

List of Reviewers 2019

2020-02-22

Many Thanks to the reviewers of the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases  throughout the year 2019

Current Issue

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Volume 12, 2020

Published: 2020-01-01

Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific Letter, Case Reports, Letters to Editor.

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Review Articles

CONCISE REVIEW ON THE FREQUENCY, MAJOR RISK FACTORS AND SURVEILLANCE OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HCC) IN Β-THALASSEMIAS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

Vincenzo De Sanctis
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MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF INHIBITOR DEVELOPMENT IN HEMOPHILIA

Davide Matino, Paul Tieu, Dr., Antony Chan
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THE HISTORY OF DEFERIPRONE (L1) AND THE COMPLETE TREATMENT OF IRON OVERLOAD IN THALASSAEMIA

George J Kontoghiorghes, Marios Kleanthous, Christina N. Kontoghiorghe
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THE EVOLVING PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPE FOR THE TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Samir Ballas
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FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA IN ACUTE LEUKEMIA. EPIDEMIOLOGY, ETIOLOGY, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND TREATMENT

Bent-Are Hansen, Øystein Wendelbo, Øyvind Bruserud, Anette Lodvir Hemsing, Knut Anders Mosevoll, Håkon Reikvam
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CURRENT ISSUES AND OPTIONS FOR HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULT WOMEN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE: AN UPDATE FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

Vincenzo De Sanctis
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IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN CHILDREN RESIDING IN HIGH AND LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES: RISK FACTORS, PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY

ELPIS MANTADAKIS
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CHILDREN IN CORONAVIRUSES’ WONDERLAND: WHAT CLINICIANS NEED TO KNOW

Giuseppe Lassandro, Valentina  Palladino, Anna Amoruso, Viviana Palmieri, Giovanna Russo, Paola Giordano
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COBALAMIN DEFICIENCY IN THE ELDERLY

Giacomo Marchi, Fabiana Busti, Acaynne Lira Zidanes, Alice Vianello, Domenico Girelli
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ACQUIRED HAEMOPHILIA A: AN INTRIGUING DISEASE

Maria Gabriella Mazzucconi, Erminia Baldacci, Antonietta Ferretti, Cristina Santoro
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- KAWASAKI DISEASE AS THE IMMUNE-MEDIATED ECHO OF A VIRAL INFECTION

Donato Rigante
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Original Articles

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA AND POLYCYTHEMIA VERA: THROMBOTIC RISK AND SURVIVAL

Vincenzo Accurso, Marco Santoro, Salvatrice Mancuso, Angelo Davide Contrino, Paolo Casimio, Mariano Sardo, Simona Raso, Florinda Di Piazza, Alessandro Perez, Marco Bono, Antonio Russo, Sergio Siragusa
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CANDIDEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA: ANALYSIS OF SEVEN YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AT A SINGLE CENTER IN CHINA

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
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THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TET2 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM IN EGYPTIAN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA

Enas A Dammag, Nahla A.M. Hamed, Professor, Nabil A El Halawani, Professor, Heba S Kassem, Professor, Mona W Ayad, Professor
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MICRORNA-181A-3P AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKER FOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

Xiaoling Ma
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The PARTIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 90-90-90 UNAIDS TARGET IN A COHORT OF HIV INFECTED PATIENTS FROM CENTRAL ITALY.

Elisabetta Schiaroli
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CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGNOSIS OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN MULTI-TRANSFUSED PATIENTS WITH THALASSEMIA MAJOR. EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE TERTIARY CENTER.

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Dimitrios Kountouras, Katerina Malagari, Maria Tampaki, Maria Theochari, John Koskinas
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FINE MAPPING OF GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (G6PD) DEFICIENCY IN RURAL AREA OF SOUTH WEST ODISHA USING THE CLINICAL, HEMATOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR APPROACH

Ravindra Kumar, MPSS Singh, Soumendu Mahapatra, Sonam Chourasia, Malay Kumar Tripathi, John Oommen, Praveen Kumar Bharti, Rajasubramaniam Shanmugam
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THE IMPACT OF CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER PEDIATRIC MALIGNANCY ON HUMORAL IMMUNITY TO VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES

Chiara Garonzi, Rita Balter, Gloria Tridello, Anna Pegoraro, Manuela Pegoraro, Monia Pacenti, Novella Scattolo, Simone Cesaro
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY ASSAY TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPHYLACTIC GP350-SUBUNIT EBV VACCINE

Hui Liu, Henry H. Balfour, Jr., Gregory M. Hayes
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DISCOVERY OF TYPE 3 VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED HEMOPHILIA A IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Adia Eusèbe Adjambri, Sylvie Bouvier, Roseline N'guessan, Emma N’draman-Donou, Mireille Yayo-Ayé, Marie-France Meledje, Missa Louis Adjé, Duni Sawadogo
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THALIDOMIDE FOR PATIENTS WITH THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA: A RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER CLINICAL STUDY

Kun Yang, Yi Wu, Yali Zhou, Tianhong Zhou, Li Wang, Zhili Geng, Xiaolin Yin
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LYON-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE WITH GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN THERAPY IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA: A ‘REAL-LIFE’ STUDY

Xavier Thomas, Marica Laurino, sandrine loron, marie-virginie larcher, gaëlle fossard, mohamed elhamri, alexandre deloire, marie balsat, fiorenza barraco, hélène labussière, sophie ducastelle, myriam renault, eric wattel, maël heiblig, gilles salles
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The COST-UTILITY ANALYSIS OF FOUR CHELATION REGIMENS FOR Β-THALASSEMIA MAJOR: A CHINESE PERSPECTIVE

Jialian Li
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CLINICAL USEFULNESS OF BROCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY INFILTRATES IN ADULTS WITH HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES AND STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Laura Jorge, Diego Torres, Agustín Languasco, Pablo Rodriguez, Pablo Bonvehí, Elena Temporiti, Silvia Relloso, Cristina Videla, Fabián Herrera
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HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN EGYPT CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Hossam Kamel Mahmoud, Gamaleldin Mohamed Fathy, Alaa Elhaddad, Omar Abdelrahman Fahmy, Mohamed Abdelmooti, Raafat Abdelfattah, Mahmoud Tarek Sayed Ahmed Bokhary
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HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN THAI CHILDREN WITH THALASSEMIA AS EVALUATED BY PEDSQL AND EQ-5D-Y: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

Pacharapan Surapolchai, Phakatip Sinlapamongkolkul
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Association of VDBP rs4701 variant, but not VDR/RXR-α over-expression with bone mineral density in pediatric β-Thalassemia patients

Shaimaa Sahmoud, Mostafa S. Ibrahim, Eman A. Toraih, Noha Kamel, Manal Fawzy, Samar Elfiky
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A SEROPREVALENCE OF HBV, HCV AND HIV-1 AND CORRELATION WITH MOLECULAR MARKERS AMONG MULTI-TRANSFUSED THALASSEMIA PATIENTS IN WESTERN INDIA

Kanchan Mishra, Avani Shah, Krima Patel, Kanjaksha Ghosh, Sumit Bharadva
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A A Multicentre ICET-A Study of Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients with Hemoglobinopathies: Preliminary Data from 10 Countries

Vincenzo De Sanctis
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Scientific Letters

Archi-Prevaleat project. A National Register of color-Doppler ultrasonography of the epi-aortic vessels in Patients Living with HIV

S Martini, S Ferrara, C Bellacosa, B M Ceresia, F Taccari, G Di Filippo, A Tartaglia, G Gaeta, Paolo Maggi
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Calreticulin mutation survey by high resolution melting method associated with unique presentations in essential thrombocythemic patients

Yi-Chang Liu, Ching-Ping Lee, Tsung-Jang Yeh, Yuh-Ching Gau, Chieh-Yu Hsieh, Ya-Lun Ke, Jeng-Shiun Du, Ming-Hui Lin, Hui-Ching Wang, Shih-Hao Tang, Shih-Feng Cho, Jui-Feng Hsu, Samuel Yien Hsiao, Chin-Mu Hsu, Hui-Hua Hsiao
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Limiting the Impact of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Patients Undergoing Haploidentical Transplantation

SUPARNO CHAKRABARTI, Sarita Rani Jaiswal, Gitali Bhagwati
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Extending Long Term Follow-up of Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: disclosing late mortality and causes of death.

Federica Sorà, Patrizia Chiusolo, luca laurenti, idanna innocenti, francesco autore, andrea corbingi, andrea corbingi, sabrina giammarco, elisabetta metafuni, andrea bacigalupo, simona sica
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Focusing On A Unique Innate Memory Cell Population Of Natural Killer Cells In The Fight Against COVID-19: Harnessing The Ubiquity Of Cytomegalovirus Exposure

SUPARNO CHAKRABARTI
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Case Reports

Chronic-graft-versus-host-disease-related polymyositis: a 17-months-old child with a rare and late complication of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Matteo Chinello, Rita Balter, Massimiliano De Bortoli, Virginia Vitale, Ada Zaccaron, Elisa Bonetti, Paola Tonin, Gaetano Vattemi, Valeria Guglielmi, Simone Cesaro
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Successful planned pregnancy through vitrified-warmed embryo transfer in a woman with chronic myeloid leukemia: case report and literature review

Toshifumi Takahashi
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Hepatic Infiltration with Malignant T-cells Manifesting as Impending Acute Liver failure in Mycosis Fungoides with Large Cell Transformation

Yumeng Zhang, Jinming Song, David Rutenberg, Lubomir Sokol
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Isavuconazole therapy of disseminated and encephalic Saprochaete capitata infection in an acute myeloid leukemia patient treated with midostaurin.

Salvatore Perrone, Chiara Lisi, Elettra Ortu La Barbera, Cristina Luise, Miriam Lichtner, Corrado Girmenia, Giuseppe Cimino
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The First Case of Concomitant Mycobacterium genavense lymphadenitis and EBV-positive lymphoproliferative disorder

Yusuke Ito, Kensuke Takaoka, Kazuhiro Toyama, Yoshitaka Wakabayashi, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Aiko Okazaki, Kinuyo Chikamatsu, Satoshi Mitarai, Tetsuo Ushiku, Mineo Kurokawa
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Impressive continuous complete response after mogamulizumab in a heavily pre-treated Sézary syndrome patient

Pier Luigi Zinzani, Ginevra Lolli, Beatrice Casadei, Lisa Argnani, Laura Nanni, Michele Cavo
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Successful Outcomes of Severe COVID-19 in Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Diagnostic Challenges in Immunocompromised Hosts

Alexandre Malek
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Letters to Editor

The efficacy and safety of intralesional sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in children under the age of two years

Nawfal R Hussein, ibrahim naqid, Haval Salih
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Covid-19 and Children with Immune Thrombocytopenia: emerging issues

Giuseppe Lassandro, Valentina Palladino, Viviana Valeria Palmieri, Anna Amoruso, Giovanni Carlo Del Vecchio, Paola Giordano
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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML): a case report and review of ABL kinase involvement in viral infection

Elisabetta Abruzzese, Luigia Luciano, Francesco D'Agostino, Malgorzata Monika Trawinska, Fabrizio Pane, Paolo de Fabritiis
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Delivery in asymptomatic Italian woman with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Giuseppe Vittorio De Socio, Lisa Malincarne, Saverio Arena, Stefania Troiani, Sara Benedetti, Barbara Camilloni, Giorgio Epicoco, Antonella Mencacci, Daniela Francisci
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Burkitt lymphoma as fourth neoplasia in a patient affected by Cowden Syndrome with a novel PTEN germline pathogenic variant

Eugenio Galli, Francesco D’Alò, Annarosa Cuccaro, Eleonora Alma, Elena Maiolo, Fulvia Brugnoletti, Luigi Maria Larocca, Marcella Zollino, Andrea Paolo Bacigalupo, Stefan Hohaus
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MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGICAL DISEASES DURING THE OUTBREAK OF COVID-19: OUR EXPERIENCE

Romina Gallizzi, Diana Sutera, Francesca Mazza, Alessandra Spagnolo, Giovanni Battista Pajno
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A socioeconomic paradox in the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a call to study determinants of disease severity in high and low income Countries

Marialaura Bonaccio, Licia Iacoviello, Maria Benedetta Donati, Giovanni de Gaetano
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Spontaneous and severe haematomas in patients with COVID-19 on low-molecular-weight heparin for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Maria Mazzitelli, Francesca Serapide, Bruno Tassone, Domenico Laganà, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Carlo Torti
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Guidance for Facing Dilemmas of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Clinicians in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Iranian Consensus

Seied Asadollah Mousavi, Soroush Rad, Tahereh Rostami, Mohammad Vaezi, Hosein Kamranzadeh, Davood Babakhani, Sahar Tavakoli, Maryam Barkhordar, Tanaz Bahri, Amirabbas Hedayatiasl, azade kiumarsi
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Severe autoimmune hemolytic anemia in Covid-19 infection

Fehmi Hindilerden, Ipek Yonal-Hindilerden, Emre Akar, Zuhal Yesilbag, Kadriye Kart-Yasar
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Impact of SARS CoV-2 in hemoglobinopathies: a protective mechanism being from Beta chain Hemoglobin defects?

Lorenza Torti
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Pidotimod in paucisymptomatic SARS-CoV2 infected patients

Claudio Ucciferri, Barone Mirko, Jacopo Vecchiet, Katia Falasca
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