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Rituximab-related late-onset neutropenia after autologous stem cell transplantation for aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Rituximab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, is increasingly used in the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Late-onset neutropenia in relation to rituximab has been recently described. In this report,...
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Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura after autologous stem cell transplantation
The pathogenesis of thrombocytopenia occurring after autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) remains unclear. Six cases of classical peripheral thrombocytopenia that developed after ASCT for non-Hodgkin's ...
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Amifostine reduces mucosal damage after high-dose melphalan conditioning and autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation for patients with multiple myeloma
High-dose melphalan (HDM) has been adopted as standard therapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma. This treatment is associated with non-selective cytotoxicity, causing oral mucositis as the major non-hemato...
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Multifocal progressive leukoencephalopathy occurring after refractory anemia and multiple infectious disorders consecutive to severe lymphopenia
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is related to central nervous system infection with JC virus (JCV). This leukoencephalopathy occurs in immunocompromised patients such as those with acquired i...
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Epileptic seizures after autologous peripheral blood progenitor infusion in a patient treated with high-dose chemotherapy for myeloma
Bone Marrow Transplantation (2002) 29, 544. doi:10.1038/sj.bmt.1703383
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A prospective study of intensive induction therapy with high-dose consolidation in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and two or three adverse prognostic factors
Patients with nhl and two or three factors of the international prognostic index (ipi) have a poor prognosis. we performed a prospective trial of intensive induction therapy followed with high-dose consolidati...
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Toxicities after peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation for lymphoid malignancies: analysis of 300 cases in a single institution
Two hundred and seventy-seven consecutive patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (n = 207), Hodgkin’s disease (n = 27) and multiple myeloma (n = 43) were intensified from October 1989 until April 1997 and received ...
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Profiles and prognostic values of LDH isoenzymes in patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Serum lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is an important prognostic factor in patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). We have examined the LDH isoenzyme content in serum and CSF of patients with NHL, at diagnosis ...
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Mantle cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of 121 cases
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) patients represent a difficult problem, sometimes to establish the diagnosis but mostly because of their refractoriness to standard lymphoma treatments. Which treatments to apply and...