Leukemia
Normal and Malignant Hemopoiesis

August 1998, Volume 12, Issue 8
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Review

Etoposide-related acute promyelocytic leukemia 1171
K Kudo, H Yoshida, H Kiyoi, S Numata, K Horibe & T Naoe
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Original Manuscripts, Therapy Side-Effects

Transient encephalopathy following high-dose methotrexate treatment in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia 1176
JE Rubnitz, MV Relling, PL Harrison, JT Sandlund, RC Ribeiro, GK Rivera, SJ Thompson, WE Evans & C-H Pui
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Coagulation

Hypofibrinogenemia in non-M3 acute myeloid leukemia. Incidence, clinical and laboratory characteristics and prognosis 1182
A Weltermann, I Pabinger, K Geissler, U Jäger, H Gisslinger, P Knöbl, S Eichinger, PA Kyrle, P Valent, W Speiser, I Schwarzinger, C Mannhalter & K Lechner
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Myelodysplasia

Measurement of secondary colony formation after 5 weeks in long-term cultures in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome 1187
T Sato, S Kim, C Selleri, NS Young & JP Maciejewski
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Cytokines, Receptors And Cell Signaling

Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) affects proliferation and migration of myeloid leukemic cells 1195
IS Weimar, C Voermans, J-H Bourhis, N Miranda, PCM van den Berk, T Nakamura, GC de Gast & WR Gerritsen
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Interleukin-12 (IL-12) enhances lysis of non-lymphoid leukemia cell lines in vitro 1204
KC Stine, BA Warren & DL Becton
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Endothelial cell support of hematopoiesis is differentially altered by IL-1 and glucocorticoids 1210
B Jazwiec, A Solanilla, C Grosset, F-X Mahon, M Dupouy, V Pigeonnier-Lagarde, F Belloc, K Schweitzer, J Reiffers & J Ripoche
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Expression and regulation of c-kit receptor and response to stem cell factor in childhood malignant T-lymphoblastic cells 1221
J Tomeczkowski, D Frick, B Schwinzer, N Wittner, W-D Ludwig, A Reiter, K Welte & K-W Sykora
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Sensitivity And Resistance To Therapy

In vitro chemosensitivity of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia to purine analogues - correlation with clinical course 1230
TJ Bromidge, DL Turner, DJ Howe, SA Johnson & SAJ Rule
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Adjuvant treatment with cyclosporin A increases the toxicity of chemotherapy for remission induction in acute non-lymphocytic leukemia 1236
D Damiani, M Michieli, A Ermacora, D Russo, R Fanin, F Zaja, M Baraldo, F Pea, M Furlanut & M Baccarani
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Tumor Suppressor Genes, Signal Transduction And Cell Cycle

G1 arrest of U937 cells by onconase is associated with suppression of cyclin D3 expression, induction of p16INK4A, p21WAF1/CIP1 and p27KIP and decreased pRb phosphorylation 1241
G Juan, B Ardelt, X Li, SM Mikulski, K Shogen, W Ardelt, A Mittelman & Z Darzynkiewicz
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Immunophenotypes

Analysis of the immunophenotype of children treated on the Medical Research Council United Kingdom Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Trial XI (MRC UKALLXI) 1249
IM Hann, SM Richards, OB Eden, FGH Hill & on behalf of the Medical Research Council Childhood Leukaemia Working Party
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Differentiation

Lowering of p27Kip1 levels by its antisense or by development of resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 reverses the G1 block but not differentiation of HL60 cells 1256
QM Wang, F Chen, X Luo, DC Moore, M Flanagan & GP Studzinski
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Lymphomas

Concurrent disruption of cell cycle associated genes in mantle cell lymphoma: a genotypic and phenotypic study of cyclin D1, p16, p15, p53 and pRb 1266
K Grønbæk, T Nedergaard, MK Andersen, P thor Straten, P Guldberg, P Møller, J Zeuthen, N Ebbe Hansen, K Hou-Jensen & E Ralfkiaer
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Epstein-Barr virus and Hodgkin’s disease: further evidence for the three disease hypothesis 1272
AA Armstrong, FE Alexander, R Cartwright, B Angus, AS Krajewski, DH Wright, I Brown, F Lee, E Kane & RF Jarrett
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Mutational analysis of the PTEN/MMAC1 gene in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 1277
Y Nakahara, H Nagai, T Kinoshita, T Uchida, S Hatano, T Murate & H Saito
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Mantle cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of 121 cases 1281
H Samaha, C Dumontet, N Ketterer, I Moullet, C Thieblemont, F Bouafia, E Callet-Bauchu, P Felman, F Berger, G Salles & B Coiffier
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Appearance of a different clone of Epstein-Barr virus genome in recurrent tumor of pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) and a mini-review of PAL 1288
H Kanno, M Ohsawa, K Iuchi, S Nakatsuka, S Yamamoto, M Nishioka & K Aozasa
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Myeloma

Specific detection of myeloma plasma cells using anti-idiotypic single chain antibody fragments selected from a phage display library 1295
PMW Willems, RMA Hoet, ELPG Huys, JMH Raats, EJBM Mensink & RAP Raymakers
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Bio-Technical Methods Section (Bts)

Simple competitive two-step RT-PCR assay to monitor minimal residual disease in CML patients after bone marrow transplantation 1303
J Moravcová, M Lukás caronová, J Starý & C Has caronkovec
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Meeting Reports And Reviews

Meeting report: International Childhood ALL Workshop: Memphis, TN, 3-4 December 1997 1313
C-H Pui, WE Evans & JR Gilbert
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Ionising radiation and leukaemia potential risks: review based on the workshop held during the 10th Symposium on Molecular Biology of Hematopoiesis and Treatment of Leukemia and Lymphomas at Hamburg, Germany on 5 July 1997 1319
FE Alexander & MF Greaves
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Correspondence, Letters To The Editor

Freezing of PCR master mixture retains full amplification activity and facilitates PCR standardization for molecular diagnostics and real-time PCR 1324
TFCM Smetsers, EHP Stevens, LTF van de Locht & EJBM Mensink
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Single-tube quantitative RT-PCR for monitoring of the response to IFN treatment in CML patients 1326
J Moravcová, S Muchová, R Kalbác caronová & C Has caronkovec
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Both P-gp and MRP contribute to drug resistance in AML 1327
O Legrand, G Simonin, R Zittoun & J-P Marie
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Symptomatic myopathy during interferon alfa therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia 1329
A Falcone, CA Bodenizza, P Musto & M Carotenuto
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Consensus conference on platelet transfusion: 27 and 28 November 1997: final statement 1330
M Contreras
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Comment On Published Papers

Association between myelodysplastic syndromes and inflammatory bowel diseases. Report of seven new cases and review of the literature 1331
JF Seymour
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