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Clinical significance of pretransplant serum ferritin on the outcome of allogeneic hematopoietic SCT: a prospective cohort study by the Kanto Study Group for Cell Therapy
This prospective study aimed to investigate the influence of pretransplant serum ferritin levels on the outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (HSCT). In total, 190 patients with acute leukemia or myelodyspl...
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A prognostic score with pretransplant serum ferritin and disease status predicts outcome following reduced-intensity SCT
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Pre-SCT serum ferritin is a prognostic factor in adult AML, but not ALL
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Role of autotransplantation in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia patients in remission: Fukuoka BMT Group observations and a literature review
We retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of 26 patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in the first CR (CR1) or second CR (CR2), who underwent autologous PBSCT (auto-PBSCT) between 1992 and 2008. All ...
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Long-term outcomes of autologous PBSCT for peripheral T-cell lymphoma: retrospective analysis of the experience of the Fukuoka BMT group
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is generally characterized by poor prognosis after conventional chemotherapy compared with aggressive B-cell lymphoma. To elucidate the role of high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) w...
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Rituximab does not compromise the mobilization and engraftment of autologous peripheral blood stem cells in diffuse-large B-cell lymphoma
To investigate effects of the preautografting administration of rituximab on the mobilization and engraftment of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC), we retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of 43 newly diagnos...
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Mismatched unrelated cord blood transplantation in a patient with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia
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Autoimmune thrombocytopenia with clonal expansion of CD8-positive T cells after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
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Monitoring of cytomegalovirus reactivation after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: comparison of an antigenemia assay and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were compared for monitoring of CMV reactivation after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. The number of CMV antig...
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Spring balance evaluation of the ischiocavernosus muscle
We studied the voluntary contractile activity of the ischiocavernosus muscle (ICM) in 21 sexually potent and 97 erectile dysfunction (ED) subjects using a spring balance. A strap was placed around the coronal ...
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Screening of ischemic heart disease with cavernous artery blood flow in erectile dysfunctional patients
Erection is a hemodynamic event and accordingly, erectile dysfunction (ED) is closely related with ischemic heart disease. We should confirm that the cardiac condition of the ED patient is safe enough to perfo...
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Juvenile hormone I is the principal juvenile hormone in a hemipteran insect, Riptortus clavatus
Juvenile hormone I (JH I) was identified by combined gas chromatography/mass spectrometry as the predominant JH in the hemolymph of female adults of the bean bug,Riptortus clavatus (Thunberg) (Hemiptera: Alydidae...
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The role of TNF in listeriosis
Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a protein produced mainly by macrophages, has diverse actions on a wide variety of cells throughout the body including leukocytes and tumour cells. It also has important biologica...
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Life Time Test of Prestressed Concrete Various Measures of Protection against Corrosion in Splash Zones
Japan is a long and narrow seagirt country with an oceanic climate, stretching from subarctic to the subtropical zones.