Twelve cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and a single case of Hodgkin's disease were first diagnosed on bone marrow biopsy. None of the patients had superficially enlarged lymph nodes, and in 3 patients the histological ...

The in vitro and in vivo hematological effects of puff adder (Bitis arietans) venom in the baboon (Papio ursinus) with regard to its effect on coagulation, fibrinolysis and platelet aggregation were studied. There is a ...

A patient with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, whose father died of the same condition, is presented. The literature on familial occurrence of paraproteinaemia is briefly reviewed.

In this case of angiosarcoma of the breast in a 55 yr old woman, the time from treatment to death was 41 mth, compared with 25 mth in collected cases from the literature. The possible value of adjuvant chemotherapy is ...

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The mechanisms of hemopoietic cellular proliferation are more clearly understood when the granulocytic, monocytic and macrophagic elements of the bone marrow are studied by means of in vitro cultures. Better physiological ...

Newer concepts in the application of cytochemistry to the diagnosis of haematological malignancies are discussed. The underlying physiological principles and location of the various enzymes are indicated. Older stains, ...