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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 3611 | PDF Downloads 946 HTML Downloads 1915 Table 1 Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.002

CRYOGLOBULIN TEST AND CRYOGLOBULINEMIA HEPATITIS C-VIRUS RELATED

Umberto Basile
Abstract 3448 | PDF Downloads 1002 HTML Downloads 2171

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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 2849 | PDF Downloads 1049 HTML Downloads 2063 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 3225 | PDF Downloads 903 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 4211 | PDF Downloads 1438 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 8898 | PDF Downloads 3194 HTML Downloads 4097

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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 3295 | PDF Downloads 1343 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 2853 | PDF Downloads 1050 HTML Downloads 1756 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 2882 | PDF Downloads 992 HTML Downloads 2122

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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 2746 | PDF Downloads 1116 HTML Downloads 2960

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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 2784 | PDF Downloads 790 HTML Downloads 1951

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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 3312 | PDF Downloads 1295 HTML Downloads 1050

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

POEMS SYNDROME: AN UPDATE

Andrea Nozza
Abstract 2679 | PDF Downloads 988 HTML Downloads 1243

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

SOLITARY PLASMACYTOMA

Sara Grammatico, Emilia Scalzulli, Maria Teresa Petrucci
Abstract 3034 | PDF Downloads 1656 HTML Downloads 933 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 2625 | PDF Downloads 1428 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 2863 | PDF Downloads 1043 HTML Downloads 1114

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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 2556 | PDF Downloads 775 HTML Downloads 2011 Cover letter Downloads 0

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.003

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 3118 | PDF Downloads 696 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 2229 | PDF Downloads 976 HTML Downloads 1652

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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 3334 | PDF Downloads 994 HTML Downloads 1027

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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 2086 | PDF Downloads 642 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 2045 | PDF Downloads 613 HTML Downloads 2290

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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 2324 | PDF Downloads 859 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 2300 | PDF Downloads 549 HTML Downloads 977

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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 1980 | PDF Downloads 534 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 2116 | PDF Downloads 700 HTML Downloads 1054

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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 1576 | PDF Downloads 582 HTML Downloads 876 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 2802 | PDF Downloads 996 HTML Downloads 845

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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 2999 | PDF Downloads 904 HTML Downloads 1262

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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 3781 | PDF Downloads 790 HTML Downloads 827

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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 1752 | PDF Downloads 573 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 2676 | PDF Downloads 584 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 2424 | PDF Downloads 593 HTML Downloads 1430

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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 2529 | PDF Downloads 728 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 1860 | PDF Downloads 564 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 1527 | PDF Downloads 709 HTML Downloads 847 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 2092 | PDF Downloads 669 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 1898 | PDF Downloads 577 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 2279 | PDF Downloads 837 HTML Downloads 1105

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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 1464 | PDF Downloads 624 HTML Downloads 866 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 2278 | PDF Downloads 827 HTML Downloads 954 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 1994 | PDF Downloads 645 HTML Downloads 853

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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 1579 | PDF Downloads 495 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 1710 | PDF Downloads 567 HTML Downloads 678

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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 1633 | PDF Downloads 560 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 2112 | PDF Downloads 980 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 1681 | PDF Downloads 589 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 1212 | PDF Downloads 690 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 1606 | PDF Downloads 523 HTML Downloads 684

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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 2572 | PDF Downloads 502 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 2027 | PDF Downloads 536 HTML Downloads 300

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