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    IXth Congress of the
International Society of Haematology
Asian-Pacific Division

Bangkok, Thailand, Oct 24-28, 1999


CONTENTS

Editors
Presidential Symposia
Plenary Sessions
Treatment of Acute Leukemia
Haemophilia
Aplastic Anemia
Hemopoietic Growth Factors
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Thrombosis
Mechanisms of Cell Control
Myeloproliferative Disorders
Thalassemia
Transfusion Medicine
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Cellular Therapy
Platelet Disorders
Education Program Supplement
Hematomorphology
Glossaries


Presidential Symposia

Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency as a Model of Red Cell Enzymopathies Associated with Hereditary Nonspherocytic Hemolytic Anemia
Shiro Miwa

Unrelated Donor Transplantation for CML

John Goldman
Control of Leukemic Cells by Hematopoietic Regulators
Donald Metcalf

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Plenary Sessions

Transplantation in Lymphoma
James O. Armitage

New Concepts of the Blood Coagulation Reactions
Harold R. Roberts
Recent Advances in Transfusion Medicine
Marcela Contreras

Thalassaemia in Southeast Asia
P. Wasi

Towards an Understanding of Megakaryocyte and Platelet Production
K. Kaushansky

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Treatment of Acute Leukemia

Treatment of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Ching-Hon Pui, Mary V. Relling, John T. Sandlund, Dario Compana, and William E. Evans

Intensified Treatment and Stem Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Based on Risk Factor Assessment
Marc A. Boogaerts

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Hemophilia

Update on Clotting Factor Concentrates
Carol K. Kasper

The Pathophysiology, Pathogenesis, and Management of Inhibitors in Patients with Hemophilia A and B
Harold R. Roberts

The Molecular Genetics, Prevention and Control of Haemophilia
Ian Peake

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Aplastic Anemia

Aplastic Anemia: Epidemiology
Surapol Issaragrisil

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Hematopoietic Growth Factors

Erythropoietin
Emmanuel N. Dessypris

Leukocyte Growth Factors
Donald Metcalf

Thrombopoietin: From Theory to Reality
Kenneth Kaushansky

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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Biologic Prognostic Features in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Their Implications
Bertrand Coiffier

Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Approaches to Management of Follicular Lymphoma
John F. Seymour

Therapy of Aggressive Lymphoma
James O. Armitage

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Thrombosis

Risk Factors for Thrombosis in the Young
Samuel J. Machin

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Mechanisms of Cell Control

Signal Transduction and Leukemias
Hisamaru Hirai

Apoptosis as a Mechanism of Cell Control
Yataro Yoshida

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Myeloproliferative Diseases

Essential Thrombocythemia
A. Tefferi

Polycythemia Vera
Emmanuel N. Dessypris

Myelofibrosis with Myeloid Metaplasia
A. Tefferi

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Thalassemia

Molecular Defects in Alpha-Thalassaemia
Vivian Chan

Iron Chelators
Pensri Pootrakul

Stem Cell Transplantation in Thalassaemias
Vinai Suvatte

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Transfusion Medicine

Adverse Effects of Blood Transfusion
Marcela Contreras

Aspects of the Quality of Red Blood Cells in Transfusion Therapy
Claes F. Högman

CJD and "Mad Cow Disease", Risk for Blood Recipients?
Bruce L. Evatt

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Myelodysplastic Syndromes

The Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Morphology and Risk Assessment (1999)
John M. Bennett and Peter A. Kouides

Biology of the Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Yataro Yoshida

Intensified Cytotoxic Treatment and Stem Cell Transplantation for Myelodysplasia
Marc A. Boogaerts

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Cellular Therapy

New Strategies for Blood Progenitor Cell Mobilization
L. Bik To

Cellular Therapy by Non-Myeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy of Minimal Residual Disease
Shimon Slavin, Arnon Nagler, Elizabeth Naparstek, Mehmet Aker, Gabriel Cividalli,Gabor Varadi, Rami Ben-Yosef, Simcha Samuel, and Reuven Or

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Platelet Disorders

Diagnosis and Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia
Jeanne M. Lusher

Von Willebrand's Disease
Gilbert C. White, II

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Education Program Supplement

Globalization and Hematology Standardization
R.M. Rowan

Plan and Strategy for Implementation of Regional ICSH Activities
N. Tatsumi, I. Tsuda, A. Bunyaratvej, S. Fucharoen, H. Cho and R.M. Rowan

Pediatric Thrombosis
Chularatana Mahasandana
Vitamin K Deficiency in Infants
Parttraporn Isarangkura and Ampaiwan Chuansumrit

Acquired Platelet Dysfunction and Eosinophilia
Parttraporn Isarangkura

Conventional Chemotherapy for Multiple Myeloma
Robert A. Kyle

High-Dose Therapy and Stem Cell Transplantation in Myeloma
D. Joshua and J. Gibson

Platelet Transfusion in Immunologically Refractory Patients
Marcela Contreras

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of Childhood
John T. Sandlund and Ching-Hon Pui

Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Autoimmune Diseases
John A. Snowden

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Disorders of Hemostasis
Suchitra Nimmannitya

Hematologic Changes in Malaria
Tanomsri Srichaikul

New Treatment for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Zhen-yi Wang, Chao Niu, Hua Yan, Guo-Qiang Chen, Zhi-Xiang Shen, Jiong Hu, Wei-Li Zhao, Hong-Li Wang, Wei-min Guo, Jiang Zhu, Suai-Juan Chen, Zhu Chen and the Shanghai Cooperative Study Group

The Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Samuel J. Machin

Low Cost, Locally Prepared Fibrin Glue and Its Clinical Application
Parttraporn Isarangkura

Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins
Gilbert C. White II

Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia
John M. Goldman

Systemic Causes of Excessive Uterine Bleeding
Jeanne M. Lusher

Recent Advances in Iron Metabolism
Chaim Hershko, Abraham M. Konijn, and Gabriela Link

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Hematomorphology

Hematomorphology
James R. McArthur

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Glossaries

Morphology "Glossary": Normal and Abnormal Megakaryocytes, Platelets and Red Cells
James R. McArthur

Glossary of Molecular Biology Terminology
Kenneth Kaushansky

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