The Effect of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Granulocytic Differentiation of HL-60 Cells

Objective: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types. They control the process of hematopoiesis by secreting regulatory cytokines and growth factors a...

Hemolytic Crisis as the Initial Presentation of Hereditary Spherocytosis Induced by Parvovirus B19 and Herpes Virus Infection in a Patient with the Thalassemia Trait: A Case Report

To the Editor, Human parvovirus B19 (PV-B19) causes erythema infectiosum, hydrops fetalis, and transient aplastic crisis in immunocompromised patients with chronic hemolytic anemia, arthralgia, and chronic pure red cell...

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Pseudo Chediak-Higashi Anomaly

A 9-year-old girl was admitted to hospital with a 1-month history of fever, weight loss, epistaxis, and abdominal pain.The girl’s parents were non-consanguineous. Her medical history was unremarkable. Upon admission she...

Carbamazepine and Multiple Myeloma: Possible Interaction

Epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological disease and patients are treated by various classes of antiepileptic drugs [1]. In addition to their acute side effects, there are long-term adverse effects of antiepilept...