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Case report: Typhoid fever complicated by hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and rhabdomyolysis [PDF]

, 2015
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and rhabdomyolysis are rare complications of typhoid fever from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi. Herein, we describe the clinical features in a 21-year-old female from India who presented to the intensive care ...
Despotovic, Vladimir, Esmaeeli, Amir, Non, Lemuel R, Patel, Rupa   +3 more
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FOXP3+ Regulatory T Cells in Hepatic Fibrosis and Splenomegaly Caused by Schistosoma japonicum: The Spleen May Be a Major Source of Tregs in Subjects with Splenomegaly

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Schistosoma eggs cause chronic liver inflammation and a complex disease characterized by hepatic fibrosis (HF) and splenomegaly (SplM). FOXP3+ Tregs could regulate inflammation, but it is unclear where these cells are produced and what roles they play in
A. Romano, X. Hou, M. Sertorio, H. Dessein, Sandrine Cabantous, P. Oliveira, Jun Li, Sandrine Oyegue, Violaine Arnaud, Xinsong Luo, Martine Chavanieu, O. Mariani, X. Sastre, A. Dombey, Hongbin He, Yuesheng Li, A. Dessein   +16 more
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Targeted Therapies in Myelofibrosis: Present Landscape, Ongoing Studies, and Future Perspectives

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myelofibrosis (MF) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm that is accompanied by driver JAK2, CALR, or MPL mutations in more than 90% of cases, leading to constitutive activation of the JAK–STAT pathway. MF is a multifaceted disease characterized by trilineage myeloid proliferation with prominent megakaryocyte atypia and bone marrow fibrosis, as ...
Giuseppe G. Loscocco, Paola Guglielmelli
wiley   +1 more source

Splenomegaly, hypersplenism, and hereditary disorders with splenomegaly

Open Journal of Genetics, 2013
Splenomegaly, sometimes of massive extent, occurs in a large number of hereditary diseases, some relatively prevalent and others, rare to ultra-rare. Because physicians are often unfamiliar with the less common disorders, patients may suffer because of diagnostic delay or diagnostic error and may undergo invasive, non-innocuous procedures such as ...
Neal J. Weinreb, Barry E. Rosenbloom
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Splenomegaly – Diagnostic validity, work-up, and underlying causes

PLoS ONE, 2017
Purpose Our aim was to assess the validity of the ICD-10 code for splenomegaly in the Danish National Registry of Patients (DNRP), as well as to investigate which underlying diseases explained the observed splenomegaly.
E. Curovic Rotbain, Dennis Lund Hansen, O. B. Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, F. Wibrand, A. Meldgaard Lund, H. Frederiksen   +5 more
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Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant for Myelofibrosis and Myelodysplastic Syndromes: A Contemporary Review

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Allogeneic hematopoietic stem‐cell transplantation (HCT) remains the only potentially curative therapy for patients with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) and myelofibrosis (MF) and is the standard care for eligible patients with higher‐risk disease. Despite significant advancements, both diseases pose unique challenges due to their clinical and
Nico Gagelmann, Nicolaus Kröger
wiley   +1 more source

B-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia in a Young Male [PDF]

, 2011
B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia [B-PLL] is a neoplasm of B prolymphocytes affecting the peripheral blood, bone marrow and spleen. The principal disease characteristics are massive splenomegaly with absent or minimal peripheral lymphadenopathy and a ...
Fernandes, H, Jayaprakash, C, Pailoor, K, Swethadri, GK   +3 more
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Topics of Interest in Women With Myeloproliferative Neoplasms

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
Women with MPN: life‐cycle phases, specific risks, and influencing factors. ABSTRACT Overview Sex and gender have emerged as central modifiers of disease biology, phenotype, and clinical outcomes in myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). This review will uniquely highlight issues affecting women with MPN and articulate their relevant determinants ...
Natasha Szuber, Paola Guglielmelli, Naseema Gangat   +2 more
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Prevalence of Gaucher’s Disease in a Hematology Outpatient Clinic

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2020
Objective: Gaucher’s disease (GD) is a disease caused by glucocerebrosidase enzyme deficiency and characterized by glucoceramide accumulation in the reticuloendothelial system.
Didar Yanardağ Açık, Bilal Aygun
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Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome in pregnancy: a case of favorable mother - fetal outcome in a well-controlled disease [PDF]

, 2014
The autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome(ALPS)is a disorder of abnormal lymphocyte survival caused by the dysregulation of theFasapoptotic pathway. The Fas geneis expressed at the maternal–fetal interface and is involved in the regulation of immune ...
Baek, Bleesing, Canale, Ciarmela, Correia-da-Silvia, Ferguson, Fuks, Hansford, Jerzak, Kwak-Kim, Lev, Oliveira, Rao, Rogers, Worth   +14 more
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