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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 3760 | PDF Downloads 1015 HTML Downloads 1917 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 3546 | PDF Downloads 1078 HTML Downloads 2182

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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 2969 | PDF Downloads 1094 HTML Downloads 2081 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
Abstract 3949 | PDF Downloads 1374 HTML Downloads 2690 Tables and Images Downloads 0

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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 3415 | PDF Downloads 965 HTML Downloads 1594

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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 4286 | PDF Downloads 1511 HTML Downloads 1978

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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 9559 | PDF Downloads 3579 HTML Downloads 4136

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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 3524 | PDF Downloads 1497 HTML Downloads 1654

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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 2962 | PDF Downloads 1105 HTML Downloads 1766 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 2968 | PDF Downloads 1054 HTML Downloads 2125

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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 2888 | PDF Downloads 1221 HTML Downloads 2974

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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 2849 | PDF Downloads 829 HTML Downloads 1955

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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 3704 | PDF Downloads 1430 HTML Downloads 1055

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

POEMS SYNDROME: AN UPDATE

Andrea Nozza
Abstract 2819 | PDF Downloads 1364 HTML Downloads 1285

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

SOLITARY PLASMACYTOMA

Sara Grammatico, Emilia Scalzulli, Maria Teresa Petrucci
Abstract 3185 | PDF Downloads 1837 HTML Downloads 970 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 2760 | PDF Downloads 1509 HTML Downloads 1008

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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 2981 | PDF Downloads 1164 HTML Downloads 1140

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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 2619 | PDF Downloads 802 HTML Downloads 2017 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 3178 | PDF Downloads 752 HTML Downloads 1377

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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 2363 | PDF Downloads 1035 HTML Downloads 1666

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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 3575 | PDF Downloads 1102 HTML Downloads 1054

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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 2231 | PDF Downloads 688 HTML Downloads 1248 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 2127 | PDF Downloads 662 HTML Downloads 2301

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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 2507 | PDF Downloads 960 HTML Downloads 967

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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 2378 | PDF Downloads 580 HTML Downloads 984

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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 2032 | PDF Downloads 572 HTML Downloads 916

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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 2197 | PDF Downloads 754 HTML Downloads 1062

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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 1652 | PDF Downloads 613 HTML Downloads 899 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 2927 | PDF Downloads 1053 HTML Downloads 853

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.049
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.050

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 3102 | PDF Downloads 952 HTML Downloads 1292

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.056
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.059
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 4720 | PDF Downloads 863 HTML Downloads 866

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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 1864 | PDF Downloads 636 HTML Downloads 799 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 2740 | PDF Downloads 626 HTML Downloads 804

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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 2465 | PDF Downloads 630 HTML Downloads 1436

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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 2603 | PDF Downloads 774 HTML Downloads 494

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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 1912 | PDF Downloads 593 HTML Downloads 992 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 1579 | PDF Downloads 737 HTML Downloads 865 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 2150 | PDF Downloads 705 HTML Downloads 1244

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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 1963 | PDF Downloads 610 HTML Downloads 1154

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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 2347 | PDF Downloads 877 HTML Downloads 1116

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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 1887 | PDF Downloads 665 HTML Downloads 877 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 2663 | PDF Downloads 859 HTML Downloads 964 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 2062 | PDF Downloads 685 HTML Downloads 866

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.054
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4084/mjhid.2017.058

Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) in two thalassaemia patients caused by the same multiparous blood donor

George J Kontoghiorghes
Abstract 1659 | PDF Downloads 533 HTML Downloads 787

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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 1788 | PDF Downloads 602 HTML Downloads 696

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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 1685 | PDF Downloads 602 HTML Downloads 868

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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 2242 | PDF Downloads 1028 HTML Downloads 1514

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

Zika virus infection - Proposed Management Strategies

Viroj Wiwanitkit
Abstract 1710 | PDF Downloads 616 HTML Downloads 434

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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 1266 | PDF Downloads 728 HTML Downloads 495

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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 1656 | PDF Downloads 560 HTML Downloads 689

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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 2628 | PDF Downloads 523 HTML Downloads 303

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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 2066 | PDF Downloads 790 HTML Downloads 307

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