A Specialized Pediatric Hematology/Oncology center offering dedicated programs in bone marrow transplant and experimental chemotherapy, along with the most advanced therapies for sickle cell diseases, thalassemia and other hematological disorders.
Not all hematological disorders are malignant ("cancerous"); these other blood conditions may also be managed by a hematologist.
Other immune-mediated hematological disorders, such as essential mixed cryoglobulinemia and aplastic anemia.
Splenic infarction is also more common in hematological disorders with associated splenomegaly, such as the myeloproliferative disorders.
Neutropenia is a hematological disorder characterized by an abnormally low number of neutrophils in the blood.
His research interests and expertise in bone marrow transplant, gene therapy and genetic testing paved the way for many advances at St. Jude, including breakthroughs in sickle cell disease and other hematological disorders.
Middleton had broad interests regarding areas of clinical investigation, but they especially centered on sarcoidosis, pneumoconiosis, hematological disorders, infectious diseases and medical history.
Lenalidomide has also shown efficacy in the class of hematological disorders known as myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).
It may also develop as a side-effect of treatment with some drugs that target hematological disorders.
Citropten and bergapten are powerful inducers of differentiation and γ-globin gene expression in human erythroid cells, a potential therapeutic approach in hematological disorders, including β-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia.