ANNALS ONLINE -- Table of Contents (June 1998, 850)

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Keynote Address:

D. J. WEATHERALL: Thalassemia in the Next Millennium: Keynote Address; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 1-9. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part I. Globin Gene Expression and Regulation: A. Cis Control:

Q. LI, K. R. PETERSON, and G. STAMATOYANNOPOULOS: Developmental Control of ${varepsilon}$ - and ${gamma}$ - Globin Genes; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 10-17. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

FRANK GROSVELD, ERNIE DE BOER, NIALL DILLON, JOOST GRIBNAU, ERIC MILOT, TOLLEIV TRIMBORN, MARK WIJGERDE, and PETER FRASERA: The Dynamics of Globin Gene Expression and Gene Therapy Vectors; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 18-27. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

KENNETH R. PETERSON, PATRICK A. NAVAS, and GEORGE STAMATOYANNOPOULOS: ß-YAC Transgenic Mice for Studying LCR Function; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 28-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BERNARD G. FORGET: Molecular Basis of Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 38-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

TIMOTHY J. LEY, BRUCE HUG, STEVEN FIERING, ELLIOT EPNER, M. A. BENDER, and MARK GROUDINE: Reduced ß-Globin Gene Expression in Adult Mice Containing Deletions of Locus Control Region 5' HS-2 or 5' HS-3; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 45-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

STEPHEN A. LIEBHABER and J. ERIC RUSSELL: Expression and Developmental Control of the Human ${alpha}$ -Globin Gene Cluster; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 54-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part I. Globin Gene Expression and Regulation: B. Transcriptional Control:

J. J. BIEKER, L. OUYANG, and X. CHEN: Transcriptional Factors for Specific Globin Genes; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 64-69. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

GORDON D. GINDER, RAKESH SINGAL, JANE A. LITTLE, NANCY DEMPSEY, RICHARD FERRIS, and SHOU ZHEN WANG: Silencing and Activation of Embryonic Globin Gene Expression; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 70-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part I. Globin Gene Expression and Regulation: C. Pharmacologic Induction of Fetal Hemoglobin:

GEORGE J. DOVER: Hemoglobin Switching Protocols in Thalassemia: Experience with Sodium Phenylbutyrate and Hydroxyurea; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 80-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

TOHRU IKUTA, GEORGE ATWEH, VASSILIKI BOOSALIS, GARY L. WHITE, SILVANA DA FONSECA, MICHAEL BOOSALIS, DOUGLAS V. FALLER, and SUSAN P. PERRINE: Cellular and Molecular Effects of a Pulse Butyrate Regimen and New Inducers of Globin Gene Expression and Hematopoiesis; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 87-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

NANCY F. OLIVIERI, DAVID C. REES, GORDON D. GINDER, SWEE LAY THEIN, JOHN S. WAYE, LEBE CHANG, GARY M. BRITTENHAM, and DAVID J. WEATHERALL: Elimination of Transfusions Through Induction of Fetal Hemoglobin Synthesis in Cooley's Anemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 100-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MARIA DOMENICA CAPPELLINI, GIOVANNA GRAZIADEI, LAURA CICERI, ALESSIA COMINO, PAOLO BIANCHI, MAURO POMATI, and GEMINO FIORELLI: Butyrate Trials; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 110-119. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

DIMITRIS LOUKOPOULOS, ERSI VOSKARIDOU, ALEXANDRA STAMOULAKATOU, YANNIS PAPASSOTIRIOU, VASILIKI KALOTYCHOU, APHRODITE LOUTRADI, GABRIEL COZMA, HELENI TSIARTA, and NIKOS PAVLIDES: Hydroxyurea Therapy in Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 120-128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ELIEZER A. RACHMILEWITZ and MEMET AKER: The Role of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in the Treatment of Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 129-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part II. Gene Transfer:

DAVID M. BODINE, CYNTHIA E. DUNBAR, LAURIE J. GIRARD, NANCY E. SEIDEL, AMANDA P. CLINE, ROBERT E. DONAHUE, and DONALD ORLIC: Improved Amphotropic Retrovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer into Hematopoietic Stem Cells; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 139-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ROBERT PAWLIUK, THOMAS BACHELOT, HARRY RAFTOPOULOS, CHRISTIAN KALBERER, R. KEITH HUMPHRIES, ARTHUR BANK, and PHILIPPE LEBOULCH: Retroviral Vectors Aimed at the Gene Therapy of Human ß-Globin Gene Disorders; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 151-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

JOAN BERTRAN, YANPING YANG, PHILLIP HARGROVE, ELIO F. VANIN, and ARTHUR W. NIENHUIS: Targeted Integration of a Recombinant Globin Gene Adeno-Associated Viral Vector into Human Chromosome 19; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 163-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

HARRY RAFTOPOULOS, MAUREEN WARD, and ARTHUR BANK: High-Level Transfer and Long-Term Expression of the Human ß-Globin Gene in a Mouse Transplant Model; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 178-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part III. Clinical Management of Cooley's Anemia and Its Complications:

CHAIM HERSHKO, GABRIELA LINK, and IOAV CABANTCHIK: Pathophysiology of Iron Overload; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 191-201. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RAYMOND J. BERGERON, JAN WIEGAND, KATIE RATLIFF-THOMPSON, and WILLIAM R. WEIMAR: The Origin of the Differences in (R)- and (S)-Desmethyldesferrithiocin: Iron-Clearing Properties; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 202-216. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

NANCY F. OLIVIERI and GARY M. BRITTENHAM: Long-Term Trials of Deferiprone in Cooley's Anemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 217-222. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ALAN COHEN, RENZO GALANELLO, ANTONIO PIGA, CALOGERO VULLO, and FERNANDO TRICTA: A Multi-Center Safety Trial of the Oral Iron Chelator Deferiprone; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 223-226. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

CATERINA BORGNA-PIGNATTI, SIMONE RUGOLOTTO, PIERO DE STEFANO, ANTONIO PIGA, FELICIA DI GREGORIO, MARIA RITA GAMBERINI, VINCENZO SABATO, CATERINA MELEVENDI, MARIA DOMENICA CAPPELLINI, and GIUSEPPE VERLATO: Survival and Disease Complications in Thalassemia Major; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 227-231. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

BEATRIX WONKE, A. V. HOFFBRAND, P. BOULOUX, JENSEN C., and P. TELFER: New Approaches to the Management of Hepatitis and Endocrine Disorders in Cooley's Anemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 232-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MARIELL JESSUP and CATHERINE S. MANNO: Diagnosis and Management of Iron-induced Heart Disease in Cooley's Anemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 242-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

MICHAEL ANGASTINIOTIS and BERNADETTE MODELL: Global Epidemiology of Hemoglobin Disorders; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 251-269. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part IV. Transplantation for Thalassemia:

GUIDO LUCARELLI, MARIA GALIMBERTI, CLAUDIO GIARDINI, PAOLA POLCHI, EMANUELE ANGELUCCI, DONATELLA BARONCIANI, BUKET ERER, and DJAVID GAZIEV: Bone Marrow Transplantation in Thalassemia: The Experience of Pesaro; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 270-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

RAINER STORB, CONG YU, H. JOACHIM DEEG, GEORGE GEORGES, HANS-PETER KIEM, PETER A. MCSWEENEY, RICHARD A. NASH, BRENDA M. SANDMAIER, KEITH M. SULLIVAN, JOHN L. WAGNER, and MARK C. WALTERS: Current and Future Preparative Regimens for Bone Marrow Transplantation in Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 276-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

EMANUELE ANGELUCCI, PIETRO MURETTO, GUIDO LUCARELLI, MARTA RIPALTI, DONATELLA BARONCIANI, BUKET ERER, MARIA GALIMBERTI, MAURO ANNIBALI, CLAUDIO GIARDINI, DJAVID GAZIEV, SIMONA RAPA, and PAOLA POLCHI: Treatment of Iron Overload in the "Ex-Thalassemic": Report from the Phlebotomy Program; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 288-293. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ANTONIO PIGA, FILOMENA LONGO, VINCENZO VOI, SILVIA FACELLO, ROBERTO MINIERO, and BERND DRESOW: Late Effects of Bone Marrow Transplantation for Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 294-299. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ALAN W. FLAKE and ESMAIL D. ZANJANI: In Utero Transplantation for Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 300-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

K. M. SULLIVAN, C. ANASETTI, M. HOROWITZ, P. A. ROWLINGS, E. W. PETERSDORF, P. J. MARTIN, R. A. CLIFT, M. C. WALTERS, T. GOOLEY, J. SIERRA, J. E. ANDERSON, J. BJERKE, M. SIADAK, M. E. D. FLOWERS, R. A. NASH, J. E. SANDERS, F. R. APPELBAUM, R. STORB, and J. A. HANSEN: Unrelated and HLA-Nonidentical Related Donor Marrow Transplantation forThalassemia and Leukemia: A Combined Report from the Seattle Marrow Transplant Team and the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 312-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part V. Thalassemia Intermedia:

RENZO GALANELLO and ANTONIO CAO: Relationship between Genotype and Phenotype: Thalassemia Intermedia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 325-333. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D. C. REES, L. STYLES, E. P. VICHINSKY, J. B. CLEGG, and D. J. WEATHERALL: The Hemoglobin E Syndromes; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 334-343. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

ELLIOT P. VICHINSKY: The Morbidity of Bone Disease in Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 344-348. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Part VI. Psychosocial Aspects of Thalassemia:

CONSTANTINA POLITIS: The Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Illness; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 349-354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. DI PALMA, C. VULLO, B. ZANI, and A. FACCHINI: Psychosocial Integration of Adolescents and Young Adults with Thalassemia Major; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 355-360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

SHERRY BUSH, FRANCINE S. MANDEL, and PATRICIA J. GIARDINA: Future Orientation and Life Expectations of Adolescents and Young Adults with Thalassemia Major; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 361-369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

GINA POTENZA and RALPH CAZZETTA: Patient Psychosocial Perspectives; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 370-373. [Full Text] [PDF]

DAVID G. NATHAN: Summary of the Seventh Cooley's Anemia Symposium; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 374-376. [Full Text] [PDF]

Poster Presentations: Molecular Biology:

PETER PASCERI, DYLAN PANNELL, XIUMEI WU, and JAMES ELLIS: 5'HS1 and the Distal ß-Globin Promoter Functionally Interact in Single Copy ß-Globin Transgenic Mice; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 377-381. [Full Text] [PDF]

PUNAM MALIK, LORA L.W. BARSKY, LICHENG ZENG, ALLAN L. HITI, and TIMOTHY C. FISHER: An in Vitro Model of Human Erythropoiesis for the Study of Hemoglobinopathies; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 382-385. [Full Text] [PDF]

J. ERIC RUSSELL, ALICE E. LEE, and STEPHEN A. LIEBHABER: Full Developmental Silencing of the Embryonic ${zeta}$ -Globin Gene Reflects Instability of its mRNA; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 386-390. [Full Text] [PDF]

Poster Presentations: Red Blood Cells:

XIAO-WEI LIU, SILVIA S. PIERANGELI, JOHN BARKER, TIMOTHY M. WICK, and LEWIS L. HSU: RBC Adhesion to Cremaster Endothelum in Mice with Abnormal Hemoglobin is Increased by Topical Endotoxin; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 391-393. [Full Text] [PDF]

JOSEPH R. SHAEFFER and ROBERT E. COHEN: Enhancement by Ubiquitin Aldehyde of Proteolysis of Hemoglobin ${alpha}$ -Subunits in ß-Thalassemic Hemolysates; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 394-397. [Full Text] [PDF]

Poster Presentations: Genotype/Phenotype, Screening, and Diagnostic Considerations:

F. KUTLAR, T. V. ADAMKIEWICZ, R. B. MARKOWITZ, L. HOLLEY, and A. KUTLAR: An ${alpha}$ -2 Globin Gene Initiation Codon Mutation in a Vietnamese Patient with Hb H Disease; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 398-400. [Full Text] [PDF]

A. CAPUA: The Montreal Thalassemia Screening Program: Response of the High School Students; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 401-403. [Full Text] [PDF]

S. DAAR, H. M. HUSSEIN, T. MERGHOUB, and R. KRISHNAMOORTHY: Spectrum of ß-Thalassemia Mutations in Oman; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 404-406. [Full Text] [PDF]

N. JASSIM, T. MERGHOUB, O. PASCAUD, H. AL MUKHARRAQ, R. DUCROCQ, D. LABIE, J. ELION, R. KRISHNAMOORTHY, and S. AL ARRAYED: Molecular Basis of ß-Thalassemia in Bahrain: An Epicenter for a Middle East Specific Mutation; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 407-409. [Full Text] [PDF]

M. FOULADI, M. L. MACMILLAN, E. NISBET-BROWN, N. KLEIN, J. BARLAS, J. S. WAYE, and N. F. OLIVIERI: Hemoglobin E/ß Thalassemia: The Canadian Experience; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 410-411. [Full Text] [PDF]

SUTHAT FUCHAROEN, PRANEE WINICHAGOON, NOPPADOL SIRITANARATKUL, JEW CHOWTHAWORN, and PENSRI POOTRAKUL: ${alpha}$ - and ß-Thalassemia in Thailand; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 412-414. [Full Text] [PDF]

LAKSHMANAN KRISHNAMURTI and JANE A. LITTLE: Homozygous Hemoglobin Constant Spring with Normal Electrophoresis: A Possible Cause for Under-Diagnosis; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 415-419. [Full Text] [PDF]

B. MODELL, M. PETROU, M. LAYTON, L. VARNAVIDES, C. MOISELY, R.H.T. WARD, C. RODECK, K. NICOLAIDES, A. FITCHES, and J. OLD: Audit of Prenatal Diagnosis for Hemoglobin Disorders in the United Kingdom: The First Twenty Years; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 420-422. [Full Text] [PDF]

M. ROMANA, L. KÉCLARD, A. FROGER, C. BERCHEL, and G. MÉRAULT: Spectrum of ß-Thalassemia Mutations in Guadeloupe (French West Indies) and Interactions with Other Hemoglobinopathies; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 423-425. [Full Text] [PDF]

D. RUND, V. ORON-KARNI, D. FILON, and A. OPPENHEIM: ${alpha}$ -Globin Mutations and Rearrangements in Israel: PCR-Based Analysis Reveals Ethnic Diversity; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 426-428. [Full Text] [PDF]

R. A. SIMKINS, K-A THAN, B. SCHAPIRO, E. S. CHOI, and P. R. DAOUST: Correlation of ${zeta}$ -Globin ELISA with PCR for (--; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 429-431. [Full Text] [PDF]

H. TAMARY, G. KLINGER, L. SHALMON, H. KIRSCHMANN, A. KOREN, M. BENNET, and R. ZAIZOV: The Diverse Molecular Basis and Mild Clinical Picture of HbH Disease in Israel; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 432-435. [Full Text] [PDF]

P. J. HO, G. W. HALL, L. Y. LUO, D. J. WEATHERALL, and S. L. THEIN: Phenotypic Prediction in ß-Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 436-441. [Full Text] [PDF]

FRED LOREY and GEORGE CUNNINGHAM: Impact of Asian Immigration on Thalassemia in California; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 442-445. [Full Text] [PDF]

Poster Presentations: Fetal Hemoglobin:

T. A. CAMPBELL, R. E. WARE, and M. MASON: Detection of Fetal Hemoglobin in Erythrocytes by Flow Cytometry; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 446-448. [Full Text] [PDF]

PANAGOULA KOLLIA, EITAN FIBACH, MARIANNA POLITOU, CONSTANCE T. NOGUCHI, ALAN N. SCHECHTER, and DIMITRIS LOUKOPOULOS: Hydroxyurea and Hemin Affect Both the Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Mechanisms of Some Globin Genes in Human Adult Erythroid Cells; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 449-451. [Full Text] [PDF]

M. L. MACMILLAN, M. FOULADI, E. NISBET-BROWN, J. S. WAYE, and N. F. OLIVIERI: Treatment of Two Infants with Cooley's Anemia with Sodium Phenylbutyrate; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 452-454. [Full Text] [PDF]

RAYMOND A. POPP, SARAH G. SHINPOCK, DIANA M. POPP, GISELA K. CLEMONS, and DAVID B. VAN WYCK: Erythropoietin Level and Effect of rHuEPO in Beta-Thalassemic Mice; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 455-458. [Full Text] [PDF]

BEN R. SAXON, JOHN S. WAYE, and NANCY F. OLIVIERI: Increase in Hemoglobin Concentration during Therapy with Hydroxyurea in Cooley's Anemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 459-460. [Full Text] [PDF]

LORI STYLES, BRADLEY LEWIS, DRU FOOTE, LEZLEE CUDA, and ELLIOTT P. VICHINSKY: Preliminary Report: Hydroxyurea Produces Significant Clinical Response in Thalassemia Intermedia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 461-462. [Full Text] [PDF]

Poster Presentations: Clinical Issues:

K. RELLER, B. DRESOW, M. COLLELL, R. FISCHER, R. ENGELHARDT, P. NIELSEN, M. DÜRKEN, C. POLITIS, and A. PIGA: Iron Overload and Antioxidant Status in Patients with ß-Thalassemia Major; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 463-465. [Full Text] [PDF]

B. DRESOW, R. FISCHER, P. NIELSEN, E. E. GABBE, and A. PIGA: Effect of Oral Iron Chelator L1 on Iron Absorption in Man; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 466-468. [Full Text] [PDF]

E. M. CALLEJA, J. Y. SHEN, M. LESSER, R. W. GRADY, M. I. NEW, and P. J. GIARDINA: Survival and Morbidity in Transfusion-dependent Thalassemic Patients on Subcutaneous Desferrioxamine Chelation: Nearly Two Decades of Experience; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 469-470. [Full Text] [PDF]

VASILIS LADIS, CHARALAMBOS THEODORIDES, FANI PALAMIDOU, SPYROS FRISSIRAS, HELEN BERDOUSI, and CHRISTOS KATTAMIS: Regulation of Glucose Disturbances with Glibenclamide in Patients with Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 471-474. [Full Text] [PDF]

F. GAROFALO, A. PIGA, R. LALA, S. CHIABOTTO, M. DI STEFANO, and G. C. ISAIA: Bone Metabolism in Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 475-478. [Full Text] [PDF]

R. CHATTERJEE, M. KATZ, A. OATRIDGE, G. M. BYDDER, and J. B. PORTER: Selective Loss of Anterior Pituitary Volume with Severe Pituitary-Gonadal Insufficiency in Poorly Compliant Male Thalassemic Patients with Pubertal Arrest; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 479-482. [Full Text] [PDF]

J. B. PORTER, A. FAHERTY, L. STALLIBRASS, L. BROOKMAN, I. HASSAN, and C. HOWES: A Trial to Investigate the Relationship between DFO Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism and DFO-Related Toxicity; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 483-487. [Full Text] [PDF]

C. ROSE, C. CAMBIÉ, G. FORZY, M. MAHIEU, P. FENAUX, and F. BAUTERS: Deferoxamine Stability in Intravenous Solution; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 488-489. [Full Text] [PDF]

D. C. REES, B. M. SINGH, L. Y. LUO, S. WICKRAMASINGHE, and S. L. THEIN: Nontransfusional Iron Overload in Thalassemia: Association with Hereditary Hemochromatosis; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 490-494. [Full Text] [PDF]

Poster Presentations: Stem Cell Transplantation:

S. NESCI, M. MANNA, G. LUCARELLI, P. TONUCCI, M. DONATI, O. BUFFI, F. AGOSTINELLI, and M. ANDREANI: Mixed Chimerism after Bone Marrow Transplantation in Thalassemia; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 495-497. [Full Text] [PDF]

FARID BOULAD, PATRICIA GIARDINA, ALFRED GILLIO, NANCY KERNAN, TRUDY SMALL, JOEL BROCHSTEIN, KAREN VAN SYCKLE, DIANE GEORGE, PAUL SZABOLCS, and RICHARD J. O'REILLY: Bone Marrow Transplantation for Homozygous ß-Thalassemia: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Experience; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 498-502. [Full Text] [PDF]

Y. S. LEE, K. M. KRISTOVICH, J. M. DUCORE, E. VICHINSKY, V. L. CROUSE, B. E. GLADER, and M. D. AMYLON: Bone Marrow Transplantation in Thalassemia: A Role for Radiation?; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 503-505. [Full Text] [PDF]

Poster Presentations: Psychosocial Issues and Health Care Delivery:

SUSAN M. CARSON and LAURA QUILL: Patient-Oriented Research Facilitated through the Establishment of the Nurses Network for Cooley's Anemia (CANNA); Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 506-508. [Full Text] [PDF]

NICOLE HEER, JOANNA CHOY, and ELLIOTT P. VICHINSKY: The Social Impact of Migration on Disease: Cooley's Anemia, Thalassemia, and New Asian Immigrants; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 509-511. [Full Text] [PDF]

NAOMI KLEIN, ARJUNE SEN, JENNIFER RUSBY, SIRET RATIP, BERNADETTE MODELL, and NANCY F. OLIVIERI: The Psychosocial Burden of Cooley's Anemia in Affected Children and Their Parents; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 512-513. [Full Text] [PDF]

J. CHOY, R. C. YAMASHITA, D. FOOTE, N. HEER, and E. P. VICHINSKY: Outreach Strategies for Asian Pacific Island (API) Communities; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 514-515. [Full Text] [PDF]

L. WEISSMAN, M. TREADWELL, D. FOOTE, N. HEER, and E. P. VICHINSKY: Approaches to Working with Adult Thalassemia Patients in Pediatric Settings; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 516-517. [Full Text] [PDF]

ROBERT C. YAMASHITA, KEITH QUIROLO, JOANNA CHOY, and DRU FOOTE: From A Distance: Using Information Technologies to Overcome Geographic Boundaries in Thalassemia Service Delivery; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 518-520. [Full Text] [PDF]

ROBERT C. YAMASHITA, DRU FOOTE, and LINA WEISSMAN: Patient Cultures: Thalassemia Service Delivery and Patient Compliance; Ann NY Acad Sci 1998 850: 521-522. [Full Text] [PDF]