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Successful treatment of DOCK8 deficiency by allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation from alternative donors
Dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of immunity (IEI) characterized by eczematous dermatitis, elevated serum IgE, and recurrent infections, comprising a see...
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Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for patients with aggressive NK-cell leukemia
Aggressive NK-cell leukemia (ANKL) has a fulminant clinical course with a poor prognosis. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is currently the only curative treatment. Using the Japa...
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Successful outcome with reduced-intensity condition regimen followed by allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for relapsed or refractory anaplastic large-cell lymphoma
We report a retrospective analysis of 38 patients (age ≤ 30 years) who underwent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) for relapsed or refractory anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL). ...
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in children and adolescents with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
We undertook a retrospective study using the national registry data of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Japan to investigate the effect of graft source, particularly autologous or allogeneic t...
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Medium-chain triglycerides supplement therapy with a low-carbohydrate formula can supply energy and enhance ammonia detoxification in the hepatocytes of patients with adult–onset type II citrullinemia
Citrin, encoded by SLC25A13, constitutes the malate-aspartate shuttle, the main NADH-shuttle in the liver. Citrin deficiency causes neonatal intrahepatic cholestasis (NICCD) and adult–onset type II citrullinemia ...
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Pediatric follicular lymphoma in Japan
Follicular lymphoma (FL) is quite rare in children. There have been only two major reports on pediatric FL. The present retrospective study on pediatric FL in Japan, including FL with diffuse large B cell lymp...
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Outcome differences between children and adolescents and young adults with non-Hodgkin lymphoma following stem cell transplantation
Several studies of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia who received stem cell transplantation (SCT) have reported that adolescents and young adults (AYAs) experience higher tr...
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A review of 331 rhabdomyosarcoma cases in patients treated between 1991 and 2002 in Japan
To prepare for a Japanese nationwide group study of patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), we examined the characteristics and outcomes of RMS patients treated recently in Japan.
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Successful unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation for shwachman-diamond syndrome with leukemia
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare congenital disorder featuring exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, growth retardation, and bone marrow dysfunction. Reports suggest that nearly 25% of all cases are com...
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Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following measles vaccination
A 19-month-old girl developed haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis following a measles vaccination. She developed persistent high fever 1 week after vaccination, and then showed pancytopenia, liver dysfunction ...
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Gibberellin-like Substances in Bamboo Shoots
EFFORTS have been made to investigate the growth substances in the bamboo, which is known as a plant of very speedy growth. In previous work, indolyl-3-acetic acid was shown to occur in the bamboo shoots1,2. Rece...
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Microdetermination of carbon and hydrogen using nitrogen as a transport gas
A method for the microdetermination of carbon and hydrogen is described. In this method a sample is burned in a stream of nitrogen by adding a suitable amount of oxygen generated electrolytically. In the combu...
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An Electrically-Heated furnace for organic elementary analysis
A stationary furnace of split type and an stationary automatic combustion furnace for organić elementary analysis have been designed. They are similar in construction. Having rapid-heating and rapid-cooling ch...
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Avoidance of the weighing problem arising from electrostatic charge
A simple method for avoiding the difficulty of weighing an object carrying an electrostatic charge has been proposed by which the correct weight can be obtained.
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Silver granules as an absorbent of halogens and oxides of sulphur
A preparation of silver granules has been used as an absorbent for halogens and sulphur. Its absorptive capacities for halogens and for sulphur were determined at various temperatures. The capacities are favor...
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Plant-Growth Activity of α-Alkylphenylacetic Acids and 1,2-Benzo-1-cycloalkene-3-carboxylic Acids
1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1-naphthoic acid (1,2-benzo-1-cyclohexene-3-carboxylic acid) was found to have a high plant-growth activity. Its lower homologue, 1-indancarboxylic acid (1,2-benzo-1-cyclopentene-3-carboxylic a...
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A convenient weighing tube for volatile liquids in carbon-hydrogen and dumas nitrogen microdetermination
A weighing tube has been designed for volatile liquids in carbon-hydrogen and nitrogen microdetermination. The tube of transparent quartz, in which a piece of platinum wire is inserted, is used without potassi...
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A new simple nitrometer for Dumas nitrogen determination
An improved nitrometer for theDumas nitrogen determination is described. The nitrometer has a stop valve of Daiflone (difluoroethylene polymer) replacing the top stopcock used in the conventional nitrometer. The ...
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Plant Growth Activities of 5- and 8-Halogeno-dihydro- and -tetrahydro-1-naphthoic Acids
IT is known that dihydro- and tetrahydro-1-naphthoic acids have high plant growth activities1. With the view of testing the effect of substitutions on the activities of these acids, we synthesized chloro- and bro...
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Determination of oxygen in titanium by the micro bromination method
A new micro bromination method is proposed for the determination of oxygen in titanium. The sample is mixed with carbon and treated with bromine at 825° C in a quartz boat, using argon as a carrier gas. The ox...
