Review Series, Original Articles, Case Reports

Published: 2014-12-12

Topics in 2015

  • 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...

Review Articles

MODERN IMMUNOTHERAPY OF ADULT B-LINEAGE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR MODIFIED T CELLS

Elena Maino, Anna Maria Scattolin, Piera Viero, Rosaria Sancetta, Anna Pascarella, Michele Vespignani, Renato Bassan
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.001

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DRUG THERAPY IN THE PROGRESSED CML PATIENT WITH MULTI-TKI FAILURE

Ibrahim C. Haznedaroglu
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.014

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CURRENT ROLE OF AUTOLOGOUS AND ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR RELAPSED AND REFRACTORY HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

Luca Castagna, Carmelo Carlo-Stella, Rita Mazza, Armando Santoro
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.015

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REFRACTORY THROMBOCYTOPENIA AND NEUTROPENIA: A DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE

Emmanuel Gyan, François Dreyfus, Pierre Fenaux
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.018

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RARE CYTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES

Julie Schanz, Friederike Braulke, Detlef Haase
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.034

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IMPORTANCE OF CLASSICAL MORPHOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME

Rosangela Invernizzi, Federica Quaglia, Matteo Giovanni Della Porta
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.035

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RECENT ADVANCES IN THE 5Q- SYNDROME

Andrea Pellagatti, Jacqueline Boultwood
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.037

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THE UTILITY OF BLOOD AND BONE MARROW FILMS AND TREPHINE BIOPSY SECTIONS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS

Clare Miller, Barbara Bain
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.039

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NEW INSIGHT ON EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF BACTERIAL BLOODSTREAM INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNACIES

Sara Lo Menzo, Giulia la Martire, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Mario Venditti
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.044

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BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

Elisa Balletto, Malorzata Mikulska
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.045

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NASAL NK/T- CELL LYMPHOMA. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF A MEXICAN POPULATION

Augustine Avilès
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.052

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BACTERIAL INFECTIONS FOLLOWING SPLENECTOMY FOR MALIGNANT AND NONMALIGNANT HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES

Giuseppe Leone, Eligio Pizzigallo
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.057

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ROLE OF BIOMARKERS AS PREDICTORS OF INFECTION AND DEATH IN NEUTROPENIC FEBRILE PATIENTS AFTER HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION.

Karim Massaro, Silvia F Costa
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.059

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Original Articles

OCCURRENCE OF SECONDARY MALIGNANCIES IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA DURING THERAPY WITH IMATINIB MESYLATE-SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE

Grzegorz Helbig, Grazyna Bober, Marek Seweryn, Ryszard Wichary, Andrzej Tukiendorf, Lech Sedlak, Tomasz Oleksy, Slawomira Kyrcz-Krzemien
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.003

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PREVALENCE OF ALPHA THALASSEMIA IN MICROCYTIC ANEMIA: A TERTIARY CARE EXPERIENCE FROM NORTH INDIA

Monica Sharma, Sanjay Pandey, Ravi Ranjan, Tulika Seth, Renu Saxena
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.004

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DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE IN LEUKEMIC AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT PATIENTS: THE IMPACT OF ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY

John Norman Greene, Abraham Tareq Yacoub, Dani Thomas, Carol Yuan, Frank Walsh, David Solomon, Skai Schwartz, Arthur Andrews
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.002

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THE FREQUENCY OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH THALASSEMIA MAJOR VERSUS THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA IN IRAN

Sara Matin, Masoud Ghanei Jahromi, Zohreh Karemizadeh, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Vincenzo De Sanctis, Ashraf Soliman, Mehran Karimi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.005

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PROGNOSTIC IMPACT OF NEUROPILIN-1 EXPRESSION IN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN WITH B-LINEAGE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

adel abd elhaleim hagag, Nahla A Nosair
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.009

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A MULTICENTER EXPERIENCE FROM LEBANON IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA:HIGH RATE OF EARLY DEATH IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA.

Roula Antoine Farah
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.012

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FACTORS INFLUENCING ADHERENCE TO IMATINIB IN INDIAN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Jyotsna Kapoor, Narendra Agrawal, Rayaz Ahmad, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Anshul Gupta, Dinesh Bhurani
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.013

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STUDY OF SERUM HAPTOGLOBIN LEVEL AND ITS RELATION TO ERYTHROPOIETIC ACTIVITY IN BETA THALASSEMIA CHILDREN .

Seham Ragab, Manal A. Safan, Eman A. Badr
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.019

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CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF SALMONELLA TYPHI AND PARATYPHI INFECTIONS PRESENTING AS FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN IN A TROPICAL COUNTRY.

Nayyar Iqbal, Aneesh Basheer, Sudhagar Mookkappan, Anita Ramdas, Renu G'Boy Varghese, Somanath Padhi, Bhairappa Shrimanth, Saranya Chidambaram, Anandhalakshmi S, Reba Kanungo
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.021

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RELIABILITY OF DIFFERENT RBC INDICES AND FORMULAS IN DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN Β-THALASSEMIA MINOR AND OTHER CAUSES OF MICROCYTIC HYPOCHROMIC ANEMIA

Elahe Bordbar, Mehdi Taghipour, Beth E Zucconi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.022

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THE ROLE OF THE CAROTID DOPPLER EXAMINATION IN THE EVALUATION OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC CHANGES IN BETA THALASSEMIA PATIENTS

Gehan Lotfy Abdel Hakeem, hoda Abdel kereem Abdel Samei, Ashraf mohamed El Shereif, Ahlam mohamed ismail
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.023

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AGE-STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATES FOR LEUKEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES IN 68 COUNTRIES, AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY

Mostafa Saadat
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.027

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DISSEMINATED HISTOPLASMOSIS IN IMMUNOCOMPETENT INDIVIDUALS- NOT A SO RARE ENTITY

Dibyendu De, Uttam Kumar Nath
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.028

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IS THE INCIDENCE TREND OF HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA DECREASED BY THE INCREASED USE OF LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT-HEPARIN?

Fahad Al-Eidan
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.029

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NUTRITIONALLY VARIANT STREPTOCOCCI BACTEREMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY, 1999-2014

Abraham Tareq Yacoub, Jayasree Krishnan, Ileana M. Acevedo, Joseph Halliday, John Norman Greene
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.030

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PERCEPTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE WORKERS ABOUT PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE AFTER AN EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION

Ludmila Mourão Xavier Gomes, Marcos Borato Viana, Igor Alcântara Pereira
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.031

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EFFECT OF NEBULIZED COLISTIN ON THE VENTILATOR CIRCUIT: A PROSPECTIVE PILOT CASE-CONTROL STUDY FROM A SINGLE CANCER CENTER

Iyad M Ghonimat, Lama H Nazer, Flsteen Aqel, Mohammad K Mohammad, Feras I Hawari, Jennifer Le
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.032

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PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF BRAIN AND ACUTE LEUKEMIA CYTOPLASMIC GENE EXPRESSION IN EGYPTIAN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA

adel abd elhaleim hagag
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.033

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DOES INSULIN LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 (IGF-1) DEFICIENCY HAVE A “PROTECTIVE” ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN THALASSEMIA MAJOR PATIENTS?

Vincenzo De Sanctis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.038

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BACTERIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN THE SURGERY WARDS OF A LARGE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SOUTHERN ITALY

Silvano Esposito, Renato Gioia, Giuseppe De Simone, Silvana Noviello, Sebastiano Leone
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.040

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GOOD OUTCOME FOR VERY HIGH RISK ADULT B-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKAEMIA CARRYING GENETIC ABNORMALITIES t(4;11)(q21;q23) or t(9;22)(q34;q11), IF PROMPTLY SUBMITTED TO ALLOGENEIC TRANSPLANTATION, AFTER OBTAINING A GOOD MOLECULAR REMISSION.

Matteo Parma, Clara Vigano', Monica Fumagalli, Federica Colnaghi, Arianna Colombo, Federica Mottadelli, Vincenzo Rossi, Elena Elli, Elisabetta Terruzzi, Angelo Belotti, Giovanni Cazzaniga, Enrico Maria Pogliani, Pietro Pioltelli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.041

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DISTRIBUTION OF DNA DAMAGE REPAIR GENE POLYMORPHISM hOGG1, XRCC1 and p53 AMONG SICKLE CELL DISEASE PATIENTS IN INDIA

Sudhansu Sekhar Nishank
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.046

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COMPARISON OF THREE DISTINCT PROPHYLACTIC AGENTS AGAINST INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAPLO-IDENTICAL HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION AND POST-TRANSPLANT CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE

Jean Elcheikh
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.048

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THE DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF PULSED WAVE TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING IN ASYMPTOMATIC BETA- THALASSEMIA MAJOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ; RELATION TO CHEMICAL BIOMARKERS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND IRON OVERLOAD .

Seham Ragab
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.051

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INFLUENCE OF SICKLE CELL GENE ON THE ALLELIC DIVERSITY AT THE MSP-1 LOCUS OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MALARIA

Dilip Kumar Patel, Ranjeet Singh Mashon, Prasanta Purohit, Siris Patel, Satyabrata Meher, Snehadhini Dehury, Chhatray Marndi, Kishalaya Das, Bipin Kishore Kullu, Padmalaya Das
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.050

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CYTOMEGALOVIRUS REACTIVATION IN ADULT RECIPIENTS OF AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

omar ziad alrawi, fawzi abdel-latif abdel-rahman, rula alnajjar, husam abujazar, mourad salam, mustafa saad
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.049

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COMPARISON OF METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN HEALTHY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL VISITORS[CA-MRSA] AND HOSPITAL STAFF [HA-MRSA]

Nirmal A Pathare, Anil Pathare
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.053

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DEMOGRAPHICAL, VIRO-IMMUNOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIV INFECTED PATIENTS IN A “EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY UNEXPLORED” REGION OF ITALY (CALABRIA REGION): THE CALABRHIV COHORT.

Maria Concetta Postorino, Filippo Luciani, Carmelo Mangano, Maria Stella Carpentieri, Paolo Scerbo, Armando Priamo, Giuseppina Berardelli, Roberto Marino, Alfredo Vallone, Nicola Serrao, Vincenzo Pisani, Chiara Costa, Albano Terremoto, Giuseppe Foti, Lucio Cosco, Massimo Calderazzo, Domenico Corigliano, Preziosa Scordo, Carlo Torti, Alessio Strazzulla
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.054

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EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CLADRIBINE: SUBCUTANEOUS VERSUS INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION IN HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA PATIENTS

Ola Khorshid, Safaa M. Ramadan
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.058

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CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA: CENSUS OF PATIENTS TREATED IN ITALIAN HAEMATOLOGY UNITS

Gianfranco Salvi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.056

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SERUM TOTAL BILIRUBIN, NOT CHOLELITHIASIS, IS INFLUENCED BY UGT1A1 POLYMORPHISM, ALPHA THALASSEMIA AND S GENOTYPE: FIRST REPORT ON COMPARISON BETWEEN ARAB-INDIAN AND AFRICAN S GENES

Said Y ALkindi, Anil Pathare, Salam Alkindi
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.060

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Case Reports

Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a Sickle Cell Patient Transplant Recipient: A Successful Treatment

Katia Paciaroni, Gioia De Angelis, Cristiano Gallucci, Cecilia Alfieri, Michela Ribersani, Andrea Roveda, Antonella Isgrò, Marco Marziali, Ivan Pietro Aloi, Alessandro Inserra, Javid Gaziev, Pietro Sodani, Guido Lucarelli
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.006

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Postpandemic influenza A/H1N1pdm09 is still causing severe perinatal complications

Hein Bogers, Dominique Bos, Sam Schoenmakers, Johannes J Duvekot
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.007

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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: an unusual complication in Orientia tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhus).

Aneesh Basheer, Somanath Padhi, Vinoth Boopathy, Saumyaranjan Mallick, Shashikala Nair, Renu G'Boy Varghese, Reba Kanungo
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.008

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Brain abscesses caused by Nocardia paucivorans in a multiple myeloma patient treated with lenalidomide and dexamethasone: a case report and review of literature.

Jacopo Monticelli, Roberto Luzzati, Cristina Maurel, Chiara Rosin, Romina Valentinotti, Claudio Farina
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.011

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NF- κB Essential Modulator Deficiency Leading to Disseminated Cutaneous Atypical Mycobacteria

Jonathan Braue, Vagishwari Murugesan, Steven Holland, Nishit Patel, Eknath Naik, Jennifer Leiding, Abraham Tareq Yacoub, Carlos N Prieto-Granada, John Norman Greene
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.010

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Osteolytic bone lesions – A rare presentation of AML M6.

Geetha N., Sreelesh KP, Priya Mary Jacob, Lali VS, Rekha A Nair
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.017

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Successful management of pregnancy and hepatic toxicity in a CML female patient treated with nilotinib : a case report and a review

Domenico Santorsola, Elisabetta Abruzzese
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.020

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Acquired Hemophilia A successfully treated with rituximab

Giovanni D'Arena, Elvira Grandone, Matteo Nicola Dario Di Minno, Pellegrino Musto, Giovanni Di Minno
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.024

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ClinicaI Reversible Myelopathy in T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Treated with Nelarabine and Radiotherapy: Report of a Case and Review of Literature of an Increasing Complication

Maria Chiara Tisi, Giuseppe Ausoni, Maria Gabriella Vita, Tommaso Tartaglione, Mario Balducci, Luca Laurenti, Patrizia Chiusolo, Stefan Hohaus, Simona Sica
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.025

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A Case of Rupioid Syphilis Masquerading as Aggressive Cutaneous Lymphoma

Jonathan Braue, Thomas Hagele, Abraham Tareq Yacoub, Suganya Mannivanan, Frank Glass, Lubomir Sokol, John Norman Greene
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.026

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Leukocyte derived chemotaxin 2 (ALECT2) amyloidosis

Uday P Kulkarni, Anna Valson, Anila Korula, Vikram Mathews
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.043

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Management of meningitis caused by multi drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: clinical, microbiological and pharmacokinetic results in a patient treated with colistin methanesulfonate

Elisabetta Schiaroli, Maria Bruna Pasticci, Maria Iris Cassetta, Stefania Fallani, Corrado Castrioto, Matteo Pirro, Andrea Novelli, Lucia Henrici De Angelis, Marco Maria D'Andrea, Maria Lina Mezzatesta, Franco Baldelli, Antonella Mencacci
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.055

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MJHID Educational Clinical Cases

An unusual cause of anemia and encephalopathy

Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Dharma Choudhary, Anil Handoo, Gaurav Dhamija, Gaurav Kharya, Vipin Khandelwal, Mayank Dhamija, Sweta Kothari
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.036

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Letters to Editor

Liver iron concentration and liver impairment in relation to serum IGF-1 levels in thalassaemia major patients: A retrospective study

Vincenzo De Sanctis, Ashraf T Soliman, Giancarlo Candini, Christos Kattamis, Giuseppe Raiola, Heba Elsedfy
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.016

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High level of HBV DNA virus in the breast milk seems not to contraindicate breastfeeding

Ana Montoya-Ferrer, Astrid Marina Zorrilla, Johannes Viljoen, Jean Pierre Moles, Marie-Louise Newell, Philippe Van de Perre, Edouard Tuaillon
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.042

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Late-onset male hypogonadism and fertility potential in thalassemia major patients: Two emerging issues

Vincenzo De Sanctis
DOI https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2015.047

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