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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

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 Articles July/August 2019

2019-06-28

Review Articles, Original Articles, Scientific letter, published free online in the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, July 1°

MJHID. March/April Articles

2019-02-27

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and INfectious Diseases

Reviews, Original Articles, Scientific Letters, Case Reports, publisshed in March/April 2019

MJHID Articles January/February 2019

2019-02-26

Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, January/February 2019

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

Reviewers of MJHID 2018

2019-01-18

List of the Reviewers of MJHID throughout 2018

Thanks to distinguished Reviewers of Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

 

BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR

2018-12-30

BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR
With 2018 the Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases concludes its first decade of life.

Current Issue

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

Published: 2019-01-01

Editorials and Comments

RELAPSED/REFRACTORY CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: CHEMOIMMUNOTHERAPY, TREATMENT UNTIL PROGRESSION WITH MECHANISM-DRIVEN AGENTS OR FINITE-DURATION THERAPY?

Antonio Cuneo, Robin Foà
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.024

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Review Articles

NEW THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Alessandro Matte, Filippo Mazzi, Enrica Federti, Oliviero Olivieri, Lucia De Franceschi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.002

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HIV AND LYMPHOMA: FROM EPIDEMIOLOGY TO CLINICAL MANAGEMENT

Alessandro Re, Chiara Cattaneo, Giuseppe Rossi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.004

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PREGNANCY IN THALASSEMIA

Raffaella Origa, Federica Comitini
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.019

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FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER: ASSESSING THE OVERALL CLINICAL IMPACT AND FORMULATING TREATMENT PLANS

Donato Rigante, Raffaele Manna, Prof.
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.027

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Guest Editor: Raffaella Origa THYROID DISORDERS IN HOMOZYGOUS β-THALASSEMIA: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE, EMERGING ISSUES AND OPEN PROBLEMS

Vincenzo De Sanctis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.029

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Guest Editor: Raffaella Origa IRON TOXICITY AND HEMOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION: TIME TO CHANGE THE PARADIGM.

Federica Pilo
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.030

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SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND PREGNANCY

Dipty Jain, Pooja Lodha, Roshan Colah, Prachi Atmapoojya, Prachi Atmapoojya
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.040

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ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CHELATION REGIMENS FOR β--THALASSEMIA MAJOR: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Jialian Li
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.036

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SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND INFECTIONS IN HIGH- AND LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES

Giovanna Cannas
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.042

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THERAPEUTIC TARGETING OF NOTCH SIGNALING PATHWAY IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES

Giovanni Roti, Claudia Sorrentino, Antonio Cuneo
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.037

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Original Articles

CORD BLOOD PLATELET LYSATE: IN VITRO EVALUATION TO SUPPORT THE USE IN REGENERATIVE MEDICINE.

Luciana Teofili
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.021

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INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTER EXPERIENCE IN THE TREATMENT OF INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CANCER PATIENTS

R. Hachem, Marjorie Batista, Souha S Kanj, Saaed El Zein, Sara Haddad, Ying Jiang, Nobuyoshi Mori, Rocha Vanderson, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Issam I Raad
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.003

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DETECTION OF CALR MUTATIONS USING HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS (HRM-A); APPLICATION ON A LARGE COHORT OF GREEK ET AND MF PATIENTS

Andreas Giannopoulos, Niki Rougkala, Theodoros Loupis, Marina Mantzourani, Nora-Athina Viniou, Eleni Variami, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, George Dryllis, Ioannis Kotsianidis, Theodora Gougopoulou, Marianna Politou, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, George Vassilopoulos
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.009

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THE USE OF HPLC AS A TOOL FOR NEONATAL CORD BLOOD SCREENING OF HAEMOGLOBINOPATHY - A VALIDATION STUDY

A. Al-Madhani, Anil Pathare, Salam Alkindi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.005

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RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES

Seung Beom Han, Ju Ae Shin, Seong koo Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Dong-Gun Lee, Nack-Gyun Chung, Bin Cho, Dae Chul Jeong, Jin Han Kang
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.006

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BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENETIC VARIANTS IN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN WITH BETA THALASSEMIA ON VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION

Hadeer A Abbassy, Reham Abdel Haleem Abo Elwafa, Omneya Magdy Omar
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.013

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SOLUBLE ST2 AND CD163 AS POTENTIALBIOMARKERS TO DIFFERENTIATE PRIMARY HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS FROM MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME

Zhuo Gao, Yini Wang, Jingshi Wang, Jia Zhang, Zhao Wang
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.008

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INCREASE IN CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS CANDIDEMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS

Mingyue Sun, Chunguang Chen, weiqiang xiao, yanmin Chang, cailin Liu, Qingxia Xu
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.012

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HIGH PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS ASSOCIATED B-CELL LYMPHOMA IN MANSOURA REGION (EGYPT), ANRS 12263 STUDY

Layla M. Saleh, Danielle Canioni, Sameh Shamaa, Maha El-Zaafarany, Ziad Emarah, Sherin Abdel-Aziz, Entsar Eladle, Alsaeed Abdelaziz, Olivier Hermine, Caroline Besson, Hasan Abdel-ghaffar
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.011

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CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AMONGST SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA PATIENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL, NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS

Audu Abdullahi Bukar, Mohammad Maina Sulaiman, Adama Isa Ladu, Aisha Mohammed Abba, Mohammed Kabir Ahmed, Gideon Thomas Marama, Usman Ali Medugu Abjah
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.010

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CAN BASE EXCESS BE USED FOR PREDICT TO NEONATAL SEPSIS IN PRETERM NEWBORNS?

Sema arayıcı
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.014

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PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL P53 EXPRESSION IN BONE MARROW BIOPSY IN HIGHER RISK MDS: A PILOT STUDY

Alfredo Molteni, Emanuele Ravano, Marta Riva, Michele Nichelatti, Laura Bandiera, Lara Crucitti, Mauro Truini, Roberto Cairoli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.015

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SPECTRUM AND IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC PROFILE OF ACUTE LEUKEMIA: A TERTIARY CENTER FLOW CYTOMETRY EXPERIENCE

Nishit Gupta, Ravikiran Pawar, Sambhunath Banerjee, Subhajit Brahma, Asish Rath, Sundar Shewale, Mayur Parihar, Manish Singh, Arun SR, Shekhar Krishnan, Arpita Bhattacharyya, Anirban Das, Jeevan Kumar, Saurabh Bhave, Vivek Radhakrishnan, Reena nair, Mammen Chandy, Neeraj Arora, Deepak Kumar Mishra
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.017

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DIFFERENCES IN EX-VIVO CHEMOSENSITIVITY TO ANTHRACYCLINES IN FIRST LINE ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

Juan Eduardo Megias-Vericat, David Martínez-Cuadrón, Joaquin Martínez López, Juan Miguel Bergua, Mar Tormo, Josefina Serrano, Ataulfo González, Jaime Pérez de Oteyza, Susana Vives, Belen Vidriales, Pilar Herrera, Juan Antonio Vera, Aurelio López Martínez, Adolfo De la Fuente, María Lourdes Amador, José Ángel Hernández-Rivas, María Ángeles Fernández, Carlos Javier Cerveró, Daniel Morillo, Pilar Hernández Campo, Julián Gorrochategui, Daniel Primo, José Luis Rojas, Margarita Guenova, Joan Ballesteros, Miguel Ángel Sanz, Pau Montesinos
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.016

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H1N1 INFECTION IN PREGNANCY; A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF FETO-MATERNAL OUTCOME AND IMPACT OF THE TIMING OF ANTIVIRAL THERAPY

Naser Al-Husban, Dr. Prof., Nathir Obeidat, Dr. Prof., Oqba Al-Kuran, Dr. Prof., Khaled Al Oweidat, Dr. Prof., Faris Bakri, Dr. Prof.
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.020

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SURVIVAL PROBABILITY IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA USING THE COMPETITIVE RISK STATISTICAL MODEL

Samir Ballas
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.022

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COMPARISON OF THE POWER OF PROCALCITONIN AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN DIFFERENT AETIOLOGIES OF FEVER IN PROLONGED PROFOUND NEUTROPENIA: A SINGLE-CENTRE PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

Anke Verlinden, Veronique De Vroey, Herman Goossens, Ella Roelant, Ann Van de Velde, Zwi Berneman, Wilfried Schroyens, Alain Gadisseur
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.023

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FINAL HEIGHT AND ENDORINE COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH β-THALASSSEMIA INTERMEDIA: OUR EXPERIENCE IN NON-TRANSFUSED VERSUS INFREQUENTLY TRANSFUSED PATIENTS AND CORRELATIONS WITH LIVER IRON CONTENT

Vincenzo De Sanctis, Mohamed Yassin
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.026

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LANGERANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS: SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE OF 25 YEARS

Gulen Tuysuz, İnci Yildiz, Nihal Ozdemir, Ibrahim Adaletli, Sebuh Kurugoglu, Hilmi Apak, Sergulen Dervisoglu, Selen Bozkurt, Tiraje Celkan
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.035

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TREATMENT PATTERNS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC-PHASE CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA IN ROUTINE CLINICAL PRACTICE: THE SIMPLICITY ITALIAN POPULATION

Elisabetta Abruzzese
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.025

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CLINICAL PRESENTATION, LABORATORY ANALYSIS AND LINEAR GROWTH IN 50 NEONATES AND YOUNG INFANTS WITH ACUTE MENINGITIS: ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTER IN QATAR

Vincenzo De Sanctis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.028

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DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH END STAGE KIDNEY DISEASE WITH ACUTE HCV INFECTION

Nawfal R Hussein, Zana Saleem, Kais Abd
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.034

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NUCLEOTIDE SUBSTITUTIONS IN HEPATITIS B VIRUSES DERIVED FROM CHRONIC HBV PATIENTS

Narjes Shokatpour, Maryam Vaezjalali, Graham R Foster, Shahnaz Sali
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.046

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HOMOZYGOUS DELETION ALFA-THALASSEMIA AND HEREDITARY PERSISTENCE OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN, TWO GENETIC FACTORS PREDICTIVE THE REDUCTION OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY DURING PREGNANCY IN SICKLE CELL PATIENTS . A REPORT FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Tite Minga MIKOBI, Prosper Tshilobo LUKUSA
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.039

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MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF NON-TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT THALASSEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH HEMOGLOBIN E-β-THALASSEMIA DISEASE WITHOUT α--THALASSEMIA

Paramee Phanrahan, Supawadee Yamsri, Nattiya Teawtrakul, Goonnapa Fucharoen, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya, Supan Fucharoen
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.038

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MALNUTRITION, SEPSIS AND TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RATE OF ACUTE MORTALITY IN MATURE B CELL NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA IN PEDIATRIC POPULATION- STUDY FROM TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN

Raheela Mansoor
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.043

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PREVALENCE OF BLATEM, BLASHV, AND BLACTX-M GENES AMONG ESBL-PRODUCING KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AND ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM THALASSEMIA IN ERBIL, IRAQ

Pishtiwan Ahmad Hamad, Khalil Mustafa Khadija
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.041

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DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY MAJOR CONGENITAL THROMBOPHILIA

alessandra serrao, benedetta lucani, davide mansour, antonietta ferretti, erminia baldacci, cristina santoro, robin foà, antonio chistolini
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.044

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Scientific Letters

Seroprevalence of Toxocara canis in the city of Catania, Italy.

Alessandra Nicoletti, Calogero Edoardo Cicero, Antonia Mantella, Loretta Giuliano, Cristina Rascunà, Vincenza Paradisi, Alessandro Bartoloni, Mario Zappia, Vito Sofia
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.031

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A real-world study on Clofarabine and Cytarabine combination in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Claudio Fozza, Valeria Crobu, Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa, Giovanni Sotgiu, Laura Saderi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.032

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Azacytidine failure revisited: an appraisal based on real life data from the MDS registry of the Hellenic Myelodysplastic Syndrome Study Group (HMDS).

IOANNIS KOTSIANIDIS
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.045

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Case Reports

In Vivo Emergence of UL56 C325Y Cytomegalovirus Resistance to Letermovir in a Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia after Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

Jochen J Frietsch, Detlef Michel, Thomas Stamminger, Friederike Hunstig, Sebastian Birndt, Ulf Schnetzke, Sebastian Scholl, Andreas Hochhaus, Inken Hilgendorf
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.001

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Bortezomib maintenance for the treatment of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance

Holly Lee, Peter Duggan, Ernesta Paola Neri, Jason Tay, Victor Jimenez Zepeda
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.007

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Novel deleterious sequence change in the NLRP12 gene in a child with autoinflammatory syndrome, joint hypermobility and cutis laxa from India.

Kanjaksha Ghosh, Kanchan Mishra, Avani Shah, Parizad Patel, Shrimati Shetty
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.018

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West Nile virus encephalitis in haematological setting: report of two cases and brief review of the literature

Isacco Ferrarini, Antonella Rigo, Alberto Gandini, Fabrizio Vinante
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2019.033

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