American Journal of Blood Research

List of Papers (Total 250)

The effect of aging on the epidemiology of blood transfusions in North Khorasan province, Iran.

Purpose: Additional knowledge on the epidemiology and recipients of blood transfusions will help health-care managers to estimate the future needs. The study was performed to define the blood transfusion rate based on gender, sex, and clinical features ...

Cytomorphological evaluation of non-haematopoietic malignancies metastasizing to the bone marrow.

Bone marrow (BM) is one of the rare but important site of metastasis of solid tumors. The key steps of metastasis include invasion, intravasation, circulation, extravasation, and colonization. Tumor cells may express some adhesion molecules that promote ...

Efficacy and safety of ClairYg(®), a ready-to-use intravenous immunoglobulin, in adult patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia.

Purpose: The present study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of IGNG that is a new liquid, saccharose and maltose-free highly purified ready-to-use 5% intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg), in primary immune thrombocytopenic patients with severe ...

Pattern of molecular mimicry between spike protein of SARS CoV2 and human thrombopoietin in beta, delta and omicron variants: a basic pathophysiological process of COVID-19 related thrombocytopenia.

Thrombocytopenia is a possible problem in COVID-19. Hemorrhagic problem might be a result of thrombocytopenia in COVID-19. Due to the emergence of thrombocytopenia in COVID-19, the pathophysiology of thrombocytopenia in COVID-19 is currently a important ...

Dipyridamole does not have any additive effect on the prevention of COVID-19 coagulopathy.

Objective: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SaRS-Cov-2) associated respiratory disease (COVID-19), announced as a pandemic, is a multisystem syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 directly infects and damages vascular endothelial cells, which leads ...

Consensus recommendations on appropriate coagulation tests during emicizumab administration in Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Emicizumab is a bispecific monoclonal antibody with the ability to bridge FIXa and FX, mimic FVIII, and restore normal hemostasis in patients with hemophilia A. Moreover, substantial evidence has shown that emicizumab-treated patients do ...

Serum albumin and ferritin levels: a practical indicator of prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia over 50 years of age?

Background: Low albumin and high ferritin levels have negative effects on survival in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this study, the aim is to determine the role of these factors on survival in patients over 50 years of age with AML. Methods: Eighty ...

Seroprevalence of Sars-Cov-2 antibodies among eligible blood donors of Peshawar, Pakistan.

Background and objectives: To determine the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and the associated risk factors among healthy blood donors from Peshawar Pakistan, during the second and third waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: The study was conducted ...

Neoplasms of follicular helper T-cells: an insight into the pathobiology.

T-follicular helper cells (TFH) are a unique subset of T-cells with varied transcriptional profiles and functions. In the last 2016 WHO classification, lymphomas arising from TFH were included as a broad category and emphasis was given to separating them ...

Canonical and non-canonical Wnt signal pathway in classic Hodgkin lymphoma and the prognostic significance of LEF1, β-catenin, FZD6 and Wnt5a/b.

Aberrant Wnt signaling has been found in many solid organ cancers, as well as hematological malignancies. However, its role in classic Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) remains unclear. We evaluated the expression of Wnt signaling components LEF1, β-catenin, ...

A clinicopathologic study of 13 cases of primary lymphoma in soft tissue and review of literature.

Primary lymphoma in soft tissue is very rare. In order to understand the clinicopathological features of primary lymphoma in soft tissue, we found 13 cases (0.3%) of primary lymphoma in soft tissue by reviewing 4303 lymphomas diagnosed in our institution ...

Al-hijamah (the triple S treatment of prophetic medicine) significantly increases CD4/CD8 ratio in thalassemic patients via increasing TAC/MDA ratio: a clinical trial.

Beta thalassemia is associated with decreased immunity possibly due to iron overload. Al-hijamah (Hijamah) is wet cupping therapy (WCT) of prophetic medicine. Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him said: “The best among your treatments is Al-hijamah”. ...

Rheumatological picture of a patient having multifocal osteonecrosis associated with sickle cell anemia: a case study.

Avascular necrosis (AVN) is a critical health condition associated with local death of the bone tissue resulting in multifocal osteonecrosis (MFON). After a prior patient’s consent, we present a case of sickle cell anemia associated with severe ...

Current trends in diagnosis and management of follicular lymphoma.

Follicular lymphoma (FL) originates from germinal center B cells, is the most prevalent form of indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Upfront management is based on stage, grade, and disease burden. Radiotherapy may be curative in limited disease while ...

Hypocellular AML versus MDS-diagnostic challenge case report with review of literature.

Hypocellular AML being a rare entity with considerable overlapping features and characteristics with various other entities brings a need to have a better and clear understanding of hypocellular AML to differentiate in the decision-making process for ...

Splenectomy in patients with immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) appears to be protective against developing aortic valve disease.

Background: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) has been shown to be independently associated with aortic valve disease (AVD). However, whether ITP patients who have undergone splenectomy are also at increased risk for AVD has not been researched. The goal ...

Therapy related complications in plasmablastic lymphoma in immunocompetent individual.

Background: Plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare and aggressive subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma seen in immunocompromised individuals. It has a diffuse growth pattern, with no standard therapy and a poor survival rate. Due to overlap in presenting ...

Ferritin as an indicator of disease activity in Hodgkin lymphoma in pediatric patients.

Introduction: Hodgkin lymphoma is a malignant proliferation of lymphatic system which when advanced can involve the bone marrow. It is usually indolent and responds to chemotherapy. However the prediction of rapidly progressive disease is often dependent ...

Immunophenotypic characteristics of T lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia: absence of immaturity markers-TdT, CD34 and HLADR is not uncommon.

Introduction: T ALL may show variable morphological features and immunophenotypic analysis for characterisation of immature nature of these cells is needed to establish a diagnosis and distinguish from reactive conditions and mature T cell leukemias. ...

Large granular lymphocytic leukemia: a brief review.

LGL leukemia is a rare chronic lymphoproliferative disorder of cytotoxic lymphocytes which can be immunophenotypically either T cell or NK cell-derived. According to the World Health Organization classification, it can be divided into three subtypes: ...

Spectrum of hematological changes in COVID-19.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by pathogenic and highly transmissible Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which is a single stranded RNA virus. It rapidly emerged from an epidemic to a global pandemic form spreading ...

The effects of estrogen and hormone replacement therapy on platelet activity: a review.

Many studies have shown that an increase in cardiovascular disease in women is related to hormonal changes occurring particularly after menopause with increasing age. While the results of large clinical trials reporting no benefit of hormone replacement ...

Rituximab added to standard chemotherapy and its effect on minimal residual disease during induction in CD20 positive pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a pilot RCT.

The use of rituximab in the treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been evaluated but mostly this has been done in the setting of a relapsed or refractory disease. Addition of rituximab to the initial treatment regimen improves ...

An analysis of hematological, coagulation and biochemical markers in COVID-19 disease and their association with clinical severity and mortality: an Indian outlook.

Background: The “cytokine storm” (CS) in COVID-19 leads to the worst stage of illness which can be controlled only with timely intervention. There is an urgent need to identify laboratory markers of disease progression for optimum allocation ...

Effects of transfusion of stored blood in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the hematological and biochemical effects of stored blood transfusion on patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT). Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 20-patients with TDT were enrolled. ...