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Highlights

WHO HAS THERAPY-RELATED AML?

Robert Gale, John M. Bennett, F. Owen Hoffman
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.025

Review Articles

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.001

ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANCE IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Murat Akova
Abstract 3670 | PDF Downloads 955 HTML Downloads 1915 Table 1 Downloads 0

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CRYOGLOBULIN TEST AND CRYOGLOBULINEMIA HEPATITIS C-VIRUS RELATED

Umberto Basile
Abstract 3470 | PDF Downloads 1017 HTML Downloads 2172

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.007

IS THERE A ROLE FOR MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE MONITORING IN FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA IN THE CHEMO-IMMUNOTHERAPY ERA?

Giuseppe Gritti, Chiara Pavoni, Alessandro Rambaldi
Abstract 2888 | PDF Downloads 1054 HTML Downloads 2068 Fi.1 Gritti.Rambaldi Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.010

FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: THE MANAGEMENT OF ELDERLY PATIENT

Alessia Castellino, Umberto Vitolo
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.009

HYDROXYCARBAMINE: FROM AN OLD DRUG USED IN MALIGNANT HEMOPATHIES TO A CURRENT STANDARD IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Giovanna Cannas, Solene Poutrel, Xavier Thomas
Abstract 3292 | PDF Downloads 910 HTML Downloads 1593

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.015

DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY OF FLOW CYTOMETRY IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES.

Matteo Della Porta, Cristina Picone
Abstract 4226 | PDF Downloads 1452 HTML Downloads 1957

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.017

?-THALASSEMIA DISTRIBUTION IN THE OLD WORLD: A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT OF AN ANCIENT DISEASE

Vincenzo De Sanctis
Abstract 9070 | PDF Downloads 3265 HTML Downloads 4108

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.018

THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION

Sumit Dahal, Smrity Upadhyay, Rashmi Banjade, Prajwal Dhakal, Navin Khanal, Vijaya Raj Bhatt
Abstract 3342 | PDF Downloads 1370 HTML Downloads 1649

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.019

MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND IRON CHELATION THERAPY

Emanuele Angelucci, Silvana Anna Maria Urru, Federica Pilo, Alberto Piperno
Abstract 2888 | PDF Downloads 1064 HTML Downloads 1757 Fig.1 Downloads 0 Fig. 2 Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.021

FDG-PET SCAN: A NEW PARADIGM FOR FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA MANAGEMENT.

Andrea Gallamini, Anna Borra
Abstract 2904 | PDF Downloads 1002 HTML Downloads 2124

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.029

BONE MARROW HOMING AND ENGRAFTMENT DEFECTS OF HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS

Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa
Abstract 2779 | PDF Downloads 1130 HTML Downloads 2961

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.032

INFECTIONS AND FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: IS THERE A LINK?

Francesco Zallio, Giulia Limberti, Marco Ladetto
Abstract 2803 | PDF Downloads 796 HTML Downloads 1952

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.035

TREATMENT OF LOW-BLAST COUNT AML USING HYPOMETHYLATING AGENTS

Eleonora De Bellis, Luana Fianchi, Francesco Buccisano, Marianna Criscuolo, Luca Maurillo, Laura Cicconi, Mattia Brescini, Maria Ilaria Del Principe, Ambra Di Veroli, Adriano Venditti, Francesco Lo-Coco, Maria Teresa Voso
Abstract 3418 | PDF Downloads 1327 HTML Downloads 1050

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.045

POEMS SYNDROME: AN UPDATE

Andrea Nozza
Abstract 2713 | PDF Downloads 1000 HTML Downloads 1245

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.051

SOLITARY PLASMACYTOMA

Sara Grammatico, Emilia Scalzulli, Maria Teresa Petrucci
Abstract 3073 | PDF Downloads 1736 HTML Downloads 936 fIGURES 1,2 Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.052

NON-SECRETORY MYELOMA: READY FOR A NEW DEFINITION?

Alessandro Corso, Silvia Mangiacavalli
Abstract 2651 | PDF Downloads 1450 HTML Downloads 991

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.053

BING-NEEL SYNDROME: ILLUSTRATIVE CASES AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Marzia Varettoni, Irene Defrancesco, Luca Diamanti, Enrico Marchioni, Lisa Maria Farina, Anna Pichiecchio
Abstract 2900 | PDF Downloads 1063 HTML Downloads 1117

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.061

Original Articles

PATIENTS WITH HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS C: A REALLY DIFFICULT TO TREAT POPULATION IN 2016?

Kalliopi Zachou, Pinelopi Arvaniti, Nikolaos K. Gatselis, Kalliopi Azariadis, Georgia Papadamou, Eirini Rigopoulou, George N. Dalekos
Abstract 2564 | PDF Downloads 778 HTML Downloads 2011 Cover letter Downloads 0

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A HOSPITAL-BASED RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COMPLICATIONS, OUTCOMES, CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS OF MALARIA WITH AND WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT

Sohaib Ahmad, Nadia Shirazi, Nowneet Kumar Bhat, Minakshi Dhar, Garima Mittal, Manish Mittal, Nidhi Kaeley, Manoj Kumar
Abstract 3128 | PDF Downloads 705 HTML Downloads 1370

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.006

ALLOIMMUNIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AND THALASSAEMIA: EXPERIENCE OF SINGLE CENTRE FROM OMAN

Anil Pathare, Salam Alkindi
Abstract 2271 | PDF Downloads 984 HTML Downloads 1655

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.013

TREOSULFAN-BASED CONDITIONING REGIMEN IN SIBLING AND ALTERNATIVE DONOR HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE

Antonio Marzollo, Elisabetta Calore, Manuela Tumino, Marta Pillon, Maria Vittoria Gazzola, Roberta Destro, Raffaella Colombatti, Piero Marson, Tiziana Tison, Anna Colpo, Chiara Mainardi, Maria Gabelli, Maria Paola Boaro, Sara Rossin, Aurora Strano, Nadia Quaglia, Federica Menzato, Giuseppe Basso, Laura Sainati, Chiara Messina
Abstract 3369 | PDF Downloads 1007 HTML Downloads 1030

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.014

ASSESSMENT OF OBESITY AND HEPATIC LATE ADVERSE EFFECTS IN THE EGYPTIAN SURVIVORS OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: SINGLE CENTER STUDY

Farida El-Rashedy, Mahmoud Ahmed El-Hawy, Sally El Hefnawy, Mona Mohammed
Abstract 2188 | PDF Downloads 651 HTML Downloads 1245 Untitled Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.026

PEDIATRIC TUBERCULOSIS IN THE NORTH SARDINIA

Maria Grazia Clemente, Elena Dore, Lidia Abis, Paola Molicotti, Stefania Zanetti, Paolina Olmeo, Roberto Antonucci
Abstract 2079 | PDF Downloads 619 HTML Downloads 2292

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.027
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.036
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.037

PREVALENCE AND AETIOLOGY OF BACTEREMIA IN FEBRILE CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE AT A NIGERIA TERTIARY HOSPITAL

Biobele Jotham Brown, Hannah O Dada-Adegbola, Catherine Trippe, Olufunmilayo Olopade
Abstract 2368 | PDF Downloads 884 HTML Downloads 965

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.039

ALBUMIN COBALT BINDING OR ISCHAEMIA MODIFIED ALBUMIN: A TEST OF GREAT PROGNOSTIC VALUE IN MALARIA

Kinjalka Ghosh, M G Muddeshwar, Monoj Lokhande, Kanjaksha Ghosh
Abstract 2338 | PDF Downloads 554 HTML Downloads 979

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.041

HAPTOGLOBIN PHENOTYPES AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SCHISTOSOMA PARASITES INFECTION IN CENTRAL SUDAN

Ashraf Siddig Yousif, Atif Abdelrahman Elagib
Abstract 1992 | PDF Downloads 541 HTML Downloads 906

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.042

A POPULATION-BASED STUDY ON MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES IN THE LAZIO REGION (ITALY), MEDICAL MISCODING AND 11-YEAR MORTALITY FOLLOW-UP: THE GRUPPO ROMANO-LAZIALE MIELODISPLASIE EXPERIENCE OF RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRIC REGISTRY

Flavia Mayer, Laura Faglioni, Nera Agabiti, Susanna Fenu, Francesco Buccisano, Roberto Latagliata, Roberto Ricci, Maria Antonietta Aloe Spiriti, Caterina Tatarelli, Massimo Breccia, Giuseppe Cimino, Luana Fianchi, Svitlana Gumenyuk, Stefano Mancini, Luca Maurillo, Carolina Nobile, Pasquale Niscola, Anna Lina Piccioni, Agostino Tafuri, Giulio Trapè, Alessandro Andriani, Paolo De Fabritis, Maria Teresa Voso, Marina Davoli, Gina Zini
Abstract 2131 | PDF Downloads 707 HTML Downloads 1059

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.046

CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM AND NOVEL KARYOTYPIC FINDINGS IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME: EXPERIENCE OF TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN INDIA.

Ruchi Gupta, Khaliqur Rahman, Manish Kumar Singh, Surabhi Kumari, Geeta yadav, Soniya Nityanand
Abstract 1595 | PDF Downloads 586 HTML Downloads 890 Untitled Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.048

EBV AND HHV-6 CIRCULATING SUBTYPES IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN BURKINA FASO, IMPACT ON CD4 T CELL COUNT AND HIV VIRAL LOAD

Lassina TRAORE, Ouéogo NIKIEMA, Abdoul Karim OUATTARA, Tegwindé Rébéca COMPAORE, Serge Théophile SOUBEIGA, Birama DIARRA, Dorcas OBIRI-YEBOAH, Pegdwendé Abel SORGHO, Florencia Wendkuuni DJIGMA, Cyrille BISSEYE, Albert Théophane YONLI, Jacques SIMPORE
Abstract 2834 | PDF Downloads 1002 HTML Downloads 848

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.049
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HEMATOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF YEMENI ADULTS AND CHILDREN WITH VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS. COULD EOSINOPENIA BE A SUSPICION INDEX?

Jameel Al-Ghazaly, Waled Al-Dubai, Munasser Abdullah, Leila Al-Gharasi
Abstract 3014 | PDF Downloads 912 HTML Downloads 1268

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.056
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.062

FOETAL HAEMOGLOBIN AND DISEASE SEVERITY IN NIGERIAN CHILDREN WITH SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA.

Oluwagbemiga Adeodu, Morenike Akinlosotu, Samuel Adegoke, Saheed Oseni
Abstract 4226 | PDF Downloads 807 HTML Downloads 836

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.063

Correlation to FVIII:C in two thrombin generation tests: TGA-CAT and INNOVANCE ETP

Marcus Ljungkvist
Abstract 1762 | PDF Downloads 580 HTML Downloads 792 Figure 2 Downloads 0 Figure 1 Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.064

MOLECULAR SCREENING FOR MALARIA AMONG BLOOD DONORS IN A WHO CLAIMED REGION OF EGYPT, FAYOUM GOVERNORATE

Salwa Bakr Hassan
Abstract 2686 | PDF Downloads 589 HTML Downloads 797

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.065

Scientific Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.005

VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 serum levels as markers of relapse in visceral leishmaniasis

Alexandros Makis, Sophia Tsabouri, Paraskevi Karagouni, Maria Rogalidou, Irene Sionti, Nikolaos Chaliasos
Abstract 2428 | PDF Downloads 597 HTML Downloads 1431

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.011

Impact of Donor-Specific anti-HLA antibodies and donor KIR characteristics in haploidentical HSCT for beta-Thalassemia

Marco Andreani, Manuela Testi, Pietro Sodani, Maria Troiano, Andrea Di Luzio, Giuseppe Testa, Michela Falco, Elvira Poggi, Javid Gaziev, Antonina Piazza
Abstract 2540 | PDF Downloads 735 HTML Downloads 492

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.020

Respiratory function in pediatric African SCA patients underwent bone marrow transplantation

Antonella Isgrò, Javid Gaziev, Marco Marziali, Katia Paciaroni, Gioia De Angelis, Cecilia Alfieri, Michela Ribersani, Festus Olusola Olowoselu, Guido Lucarelli
Abstract 1881 | PDF Downloads 568 HTML Downloads 978 Spirometry in SCA patients before transplant Downloads 0 Spirometry in SCA patients post transplant Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.030

How we manage invasive fungal disease in acute myeloid leukemia patients with Glucose 6 Dehydrogenase deficiency

Marco Sanna, Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa
Abstract 1545 | PDF Downloads 716 HTML Downloads 848 Referring article Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.047

Case Reports

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.008

A strange case of Malaria in a Nigerian native boy.

Paola Magro, Ilaria Izzo, Barbara Saccani, Salvatore Casari, Silvio Caligaris, Lina Rachele Tomasoni, Alberto Matteelli, Annamaria Lombardi, Antonella Meini, Francesco Castelli
Abstract 2102 | PDF Downloads 673 HTML Downloads 1236

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.023

Morphologic confounders and CD19 negativity in a case of hairy cell leukemia.

Pulkit Rastogi, Sreejesh Sreedharanunni, Uday Yanamandra, Man Updesh Singh Sachdeva, Neelam Varma
Abstract 1922 | PDF Downloads 578 HTML Downloads 1133

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.033

Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome associated to secondary IgM MGUS emerging after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for AL Amyloidosis

Victor H Jimenez-Zepeda, Hina Qamar, Adrienne Lee, Karen Valentine, Leslie Skeith
Abstract 2290 | PDF Downloads 842 HTML Downloads 1110

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.034

Idiopathic pulmonary embolism in a case of severe family ANKRD26 thrombocytopenia

Jérôme Guison, Gilles Blaison, Oana Stoica, Remy Hurstel, Marie Favier, Remi Favier
Abstract 1844 | PDF Downloads 628 HTML Downloads 868 Patient’s family tree Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.038

Lenalidomide and temozolomide combination in a very elderly patient with CNS relapse of diffuse large b-cell lymphoma.

Emanuele Cencini, Alberto Fabbri, Umberto Arrigucci, Alfonso Cerase, Monica Bocchia
Abstract 2414 | PDF Downloads 832 HTML Downloads 958 Figure 1 Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.040

Hairy B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder and its differential diagnosis: a case with long-term follow-up

Kensuke Matsuda, Yosuke Matsumoto, Mihiko Yoshida, Kazuho Shimura, Hiroto Kaneko, Tohru Inaba, Shigeo Horiike, Junya Kuroda, Masafumi Taniwaki
Abstract 2008 | PDF Downloads 653 HTML Downloads 855

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.054
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Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) in two thalassaemia patients caused by the same multiparous blood donor

George J Kontoghiorghes
Abstract 1613 | PDF Downloads 498 HTML Downloads 778

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.060

Myeloid neoplasms with isolated isochromosome 17q: a yet to be defined entity

Eleftheria Lamprianidou, Chryssoula Kordella, Menelaos Papoutselis, Zoi Bezyrgiannidou, Evangelia Nakou, Spyros Papamichos, Emmanouil Spanoudakis, Andreas Giannopoulos, Katerina Zoi, Ioannis Kotsianidis
Abstract 1734 | PDF Downloads 571 HTML Downloads 680

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.066

MJHID Educational Clinical Cases

A 9month-old-boy with atypical hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Monia Ouederni, MONIA BEN KHALED, Samia Rekaya, Ilhem Ben Fraj, Fethi Mellouli, Mohamed Bejaoui
Abstract 1646 | PDF Downloads 570 HTML Downloads 852

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.057

Letters to the Editor

Defining invasive fungal infection risk in hematological malignancies: a new tool for clinical practice

Benedetta Rambaldi, Domenico Russo, Livio Pagano
Abstract 2148 | PDF Downloads 989 HTML Downloads 1497

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.012

Zika virus infection - Proposed Management Strategies

Viroj Wiwanitkit
Abstract 1688 | PDF Downloads 591 HTML Downloads 429

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.016

The importance of updating and continuous education on imported emerging diseases.

Alessandro Bartoloni, Lorenzo Zammarchi
Abstract 1219 | PDF Downloads 693 HTML Downloads 493

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.022

H1N1 influenza among hematological patients: monocentric influenza cases from 2011 to 2016.

Elisabetta Metafuni, Rosaria Santangelo, Patrizia Chiusolo, Luca Laurenti, Federica Sorà, Sabrina Giammarco, Simona Sica
Abstract 1614 | PDF Downloads 525 HTML Downloads 685

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.024

Emerging cases of pertussis among early infants born to unvaccinated mothers, an infectious disease long absent in Northwestern Greece

Alexandros Makis, Vasileios Grammeniatis, Charis Galati, Panagiota Kostara, Evangelia Petridou, Constantina Gartzonika, Athanasios Pappas, Nikolaos Chaliasos
Abstract 2583 | PDF Downloads 504 HTML Downloads 297

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.043
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Should every patient with MDS get iron chelation – probably yes.

Kanjaksha Ghosh, Emanuele Angelucci, Federica Pilo, Kinjalka Ghosh
Abstract 2033 | PDF Downloads 538 HTML Downloads 300

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.055