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Interferon-α modulates the immune response enhancing B7-1 and B7-2 costimulatory molecules and T8 lymphocytes in chronic myeloid leukemia
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Expression of CD133 on a human cell line lacking CD34
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Dentatovestibular projections in the rat
The dentatovestibular connections were investigated using anterograde and retrograde tracing methods. All parts of the cerebellar nucleus lateralis (NL) or dentate nucleus sent fibers onto the ipsilateral ves...
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Open AccessLong-term survival of stage I multiple myeloma given chemotherapy just after diagnosis or at progression of the disease: a multicentre randomized study
We conducted a randomized trial to evaluate whether melphalan-prednisone (MPH-P) treatment administered just after diagnosis improves survival of stage I multiple myeloma (MM). Between January 1987 and March 1...
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Alfa-interferon in the treatment of essential thrombocythemia: clinical results and evaluation of its biological effects on the hematopoietic neoplastic clone
The efficacy of alfa-interferon (alfa-IFN) in essential thrombocythemia (ET) patients has been reported by several authors. The aim of this study is to assess the magnitude of the effect of alfa-IFN on the neo...
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Relevance of age on survival of 341 patients with multiple myeloma treated with conventional chemotherapy: updated results of the MM87 prospective randomized protocol
Age could influence the prognosis of multiple myeloma patients treated with conventional chemotherapy. Between January 1987 and March 1990, 341 consecutive previously untreated patients with multiple myeloma r...
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Increased serum levels of circulating intercellular adhesion molecule 1 predict the risk of graft rejection after bone marrow transplantation for thalassemia
Beta thalassemia is a hereditary anemia curable by bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Class 3 patients have a much worse outcome with a high incidence of rejection after BMT. Adhesion molecules, including the ...
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Localization of volatile acidity reducing factors in grape
Must clarification processes cause an increase in the acetate content of wine at the end of the alcoholic fermatation process, this phenomenon being particularly noticeable when fermentation is obtained by mea...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
PCR analysis of HBV infected sera: relationship between expression of pre-S antigens and viral replication
In order to determine the biological significance of the pre-S antigens in HBV infection, HBsAg sera were tested for the presence of pre-S 1 and pre-S2. HBV DNA was detected by spot-hybridization and PCR. The ...
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PCR Detection of HBV Replication in Anti-HBeAg Chronic Carriers with Pre-S Antigenemia
HBV infectivity was determined by PCR technique in sera from anti-HBe positive HBsAg carriers previously found HBV DNA negative by spot-hybridization (SH). Specific primers for S and C regions of HBV were empl...
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Use of Synthetic Oligonucleotides for the Study of Hypervariable Regions of Human DNA and Their Clinical Applications
Allogenic marrow transplantation has an established role in the therapy of thalassemia. However, about 15% of patients do not engraft subsequently or reject the transplant.
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Incidence of Hepatitis B virus DNA and DNA-polymerase in sera of Italian asymptomatic carriers with the serological markers of HBV
The presence of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in sera of patients with HBV related diseases is considered a reliable marker of virus active replication. In this paper HBV DNA was assayed by the molecular hybridi...
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Chapter
Infusion of Fetal Liver Cells in Aplastic Anemia
Several experimental data support the hypothesis that fetal liver of early embryonation represents a good source of stem cells for transplantation purposes with a low degree of immunocompetence [1, 2, 6]. For ...