This Month in the Journal

1441 Diamond-Blackfan anemia: a model for control of mRNAtranslation in hematopoiesis?Marieke von Lindern

1441-1442 α-thalassemia as an acquired molecular defect in myelodysplasiaDoug Higgs

1442 Impact of RNA stabilization on minimal residual diseaseassessment in chronic myeloid leukemiaJerald P. Radich

1442-1443 Management of pregnancy in polycythemia veraGuido Finazzi

1443 Prediction of therapy resistance in adult acute myeloidleukemia using gene expression profilingPeter J.M. Valk

1443-1444 Prognostication of t(8;21)-positive acute myeloid leukemiaby sequential quantitative AML1-ETO assessmentSusanne Schnittger

1444 The incidence of cytogenetically- and molecularly-definedsubsets of acute myeloid leukemia differs according to ageDavid Grimwade

1445 Further insight into the role of NQO1 in childhood leukemiaMaja Krajinovic

1445-1446 Detection of minimal residual disease in acute lymphoblasticleukemiaMatteo Giovanni Della Porta, Luca Malcovati

1446-1447 B- and T-cell receptor clonality tests: an effective multiplexpolymerase chain reaction approachLetizia Foroni

1447-1448 Comparison of ZAP-70/Syk mRNA levels withimmunoglobulin heavy-chain gene mutation status anddisease progression in chronic lymphocytic leukemiaJozo Delic

1448 Expanding the toolbox of myeloma biologyWilliam Matsui

1448-1449 Hemostatic balance on the surface of leukemic cells Hau C. Kwaan

1449-1450 Haptoglobin phenotype 2-2 as a potentially new risk factorfor spontaneous venous thromboembolismValerio De Stefano

1450 Donor factors and the risk of primary non-engraftmentAlvaro Urbano-Ispizua

Editorials and Perspectives

1451-1452 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia – aiming at a moving target! Peter Hillmen

Research Papers

Disorders of Erythropoiesis1453-1462 Interactions between RPS19, mutated in

Diamond-Blackfan anemia, and the PIM-1 oncoproteinAnnalisa Chiocchetti, Luisa Gibello, Adriana Carando, Anna Aspesi,Paola Secco, Emanuela Garelli, Fabrizio Loreni, Mara Angelini,Alessandra Biava, Niklas Dahl, Umberto Dianzani, Ugo Ramenghi,Claudio Santoro, Irma Dianzani

Myelodysplastic Syndromes1463-1470 A novel 5’ ATRX mutation with splicing consequences

in acquired α-thalassemia-myelodysplastic syndromeMaria E. Nelson, Paul J. Thurmes, James D. HoyerDavid P. Steensma

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia1471-1476 The impact of RNA stabilization on minimal residual

disease assessment in chronic myeloid leukemiaIngrid Thörn, Ulla Olsson-Strömberg, Cecilia Ohlsen,Anna-Maria Jonsson, Ulf Klangby, Bengt Simonsson,Gisela Barbany

Myeloproliferative Disorders1477-1483 The management and outcome of 18 pregnancies in women

with polycythemia vera Susan Robinson, Susan Bewley, Beverley J. Hunt, Deepti H. Radia,Claire N. Harrison

Acute Myeloid Leukemia1484-1492 Gene-expression profiles and their association with drug

resistance in adult acute myeloid leukemiaMichael Heuser, Luzie U. Wingen, Doris Steinemann, Gunnar Cario,Nils von Neuhoff, Marcel Tauscher, Lars Bullinger, Juergen Krauter,Gerhard Heil, Hartmut Dohner, Brigitte Schlegelberger,Arnold Ganser

Acute Myeloid Leukemia1493-1501 Quantification of AML1-ETO fusion transcript

as a prognostic indicator in acute myeloid leukemia Soo Jin Yoo, Hyun Sook Chi, Seongsoo Jang, Eul Ju Seo, Jong Jin Seo,Je-Hwan Lee, Hyo-Soon Park, Chan Jeoung Park

Acute Myeloid Leukemia1502-1510 Population-based age-specific incidences of cytogenetic

subgroups of acute myeloid leukemia Ulrike Bacher, Wolfgang Kern, Susanne Schnittger,Wolfgang Hiddemann, Torsten Haferlach, Claudia Schoch

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia1511-1515 The association of a distinctive allele of NAD(P)H:quinone

oxidoreductase with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemiaswith MLL fusion genes in JapanMinenori Eguchi-Ishimae, Mariko Eguchi, Eiichi Ishii,Deborah Knight, Yujirou Sadakane, Keiichi Isoyama,Hiromasa Yabe, Shuki Mizutani, Mel Greaves

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia1516-1523 Four-color flow cytometry bypasses limitations of IG/TCR

polymerase chain reaction for minimal residual diseasedetection in certain subsets of children with acutelymphoblastic leukemiaNelly Robillard, Hélène Cavé, Françoise Méchinaud,Christine Guidal, Francine Garnache-Ottou, Pierre Simon Rohrlich,Hervé Avet-Loiseau, Richard Garand

Malignant Lymphomas1524-1532 Resolving T-cell receptor clonality in two and genotype in

four multiplex polymerase chain reactionsMichael Dictor, Janina Warenholt, Anna Isinger

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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia1533-1540 Comparison of ZAP-70/Syk mRNA levels with

immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene mutation status anddisease progression in chronic lymphocytic leukemiaLuca Laurenti, Aleksandar Petlickovski, Carlo Rumi,Stefania Gobessi, Paola Piccioni, Michela Tarnani, Pierluigi Puggioni,Sara Marietti, Simona Sica, Giuseppe Leone, Dimitar G. Efremov

Multiple Myeloma1541-1548 Molecular and biological characterization of three novel

interleukin-6-dependent human myeloma cell linesDonata Verdelli, Michela Mattioli, Sonia Fabris, Lucia Nobili,Daniela Intini, Silvana Guerneri, Katia Todoerti, Alberto ZanellaGiorgio Lambertenghi Deliliers, Luigia Lombardi, Antonino Neri

Disorders of Hemostasis1549-1556 Hemostatic balance on the surface of leukemic cells:

the role of tissue factor and urokinase plasminogen activator receptorYona Nadir, Tamar Katz, Galit Sarig, Ron Hoffman, Anna Oliven,Jacob M. Rowe, Benjamin Brenner

Thrombosis1557-1561 Haptoglobin phenotype 2-2 as a potentially new risk

factor for spontaneous venous thromboembolismRainer Vormittag, Thomas Vukovich, Christine MannhalterErich Minar, Verena Schönauer, Christine Bialonczyk, Mirko Hirschl,Ingrid Pabinger

Stem Cell Transplantation1562-1569 The impact of donor factors on primary

non-engraftment in recipients of reduced intensityconditioned transplants from unrelated donorsBronwen E. Shaw, Nigel H. Russell, Steve Devereux, Emma Das-Gupta, Stephen Mackinnon, Josè Alejandro Madrigal,Anthony Pagliuca, Ghulam J. Mufti, Jennifer L. Byrne

Progress in Hematology

Coagulation1570-1576 Inhibition of coagulation by macromolecular complexes

Keith Gomez, John H. McVey, Edward Tuddenham

Letters to the Editor

Acute Myeloid Leukemia 1577-1578 Effects of the protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor, SU5614,

on leukemic and normal stem cellsNatalia Arseni, Farid Ahmed, Wolfgang Hiddemann,Christian Buske, Michaela Feuring-Buske

Malignant Lymphomas1578-1579 Rituximab in patients with mucosal-associated lymphoid

tissue-type lymphoma of the ocular adnexa Andrés J.M. Ferreri, Maurilio Ponzoni, Giovanni Martinelli,Giuliana Muti, Massimo Guidoboni, Riccardo Dolcetti,Claudio Doglioni

Malignant Lymphomas1580-1582 High-dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation

in first response in mantle cell lymphomaStéphane Vigouroux, Fanny Gaillard, Philippe Moreau, Jean-Luc Harousseau, Noël Milpied

Stem Cell Transplantation1582-1584 Development of functional Haemophilus influenzae type b

antibodies after vaccination of autologous stem celltransplant recipientsAnkie M.T. van der Velden, Anke M.E. Claessen,Heleen van Velzen-Blad, Douwe H. Biesma, Ger T. Rijker

Continuing Medical Education

Age dependent incidences of cytogenetic subtypes ofacute myeloid leukemia

Factors associated with primary non-engraftment

Inhibition of coagulation by macromolecularcomplexes

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Haematologica/The Hematology Journal 2005; vol. 90; no. 11 - November 2005(indexed by Current Contents/Life Sciences and in Faxon Finder and Faxon XPRESS, also available on diskette with abstracts)

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