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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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