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Hereditary thrombocythemia due to splicing donor site mutation of THPO in a Japanese family
Thrombopoietin (THPO) is an essential factor for platelet production. Hereditary thrombocythemia (HT) is caused by a germline mutation of THPO, MPL, or JAK2 and is inherited in an autosomal-dominant manner. We id...
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A case of Hodgkin lymphoma-type Richter syndrome presenting as small-intestinal perforation
Hodgkin lymphoma type of Richter syndrome (HL-type RS) is a rare disease that arises in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). HL-type RS lesions can manifest in various sites and are often accompan...
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Dominant-negative type of IKZF1 deletion showed a favorable prognosis in adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
IKZF1 deletion is a recurrent genomic alteration in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and is divided into dominant-negative (DN) and loss of function (LOF) deletions. The prognostic impact of each delet...
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Clinical features of complex karyotype in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia
Complex karyotype acute myeloid leukemia (CK-AML) has been classified as an adverse-risk subtype. Although a few reports have further classified CK-AML as typical (including monosomy of chromosomes 5, 7 and 17...
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Dynamic change in peripheral blood WT1 mRNA levels within three cycles of azacitidine predict treatment response in patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Azacitidine (AZA) improves overall survival (OS) in patients with high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). However, predictive factors for response to AZA remain largely unknown. To elucidate whether dynamic...
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New-onset Evans syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus after BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination
Evans syndrome presents as concurrent autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most frequent autoimmune disorder associated with Evans syn...
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Non-age-related neoplastic loss of sex chromosome correlated with prolonged survival in real-world CBF-AML patients
In this real-world clinical study, in which we determined eligibility for allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation by prognostic factors and minimal residual disease status, we retrospectively evaluat...