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Clinical and Laboratory Haematology Edited by J. M. England EDITORIAL BOARD M. Allington =) =, Ww F. Rosse F. Bachmann . Hollan R . M. Rowan A. J. Bellingham N K . Shinton E. Beutler T. HH. Spaet B. S. Bull C. Sultan I. Cavill J. Triginer R. Chadwick R. L. Verwilghen C. P. Engelfriet . McDonald D. J. Weatherall D. I. K. Evans . Mannucci S. N. Wickramasinghe H. H. Gunson emCaooi e. P inkerton 1991 Volume 13 BLACKWELL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS OXFORD LONDON EDINBURGH BOSTON MELBOURNE PARIS BERLIN VIENNA © 1991 Blackwell Scientific Publications Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 O0EL 25 John Street, London WCIN 2BL 23 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh EH3 6AJ 52 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, USA 54 University Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia Other Editorial Offices Arnette SA, 2 rue Casimir-Delavigne, 75006 Paris, France Blackwell Wissenschaft, Meinekestrasse 4, D-1000 Berlin 15, Germany Blackwell MZV, Feldgasse 13, A-1238 Wien, Austria All rights reserved. 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Set in Monophoto Times Origination by BPCC Whitefriars Ltd, Tunbridge Wells and printed and bound in Great Britain by BPCC Wheatons Ltd, Exeter. Contents Volume 13, Number 1, 1991 The clinical relevance of plasma viscosity in Hodgkin’s disease N. Akhtar, J. Thompson, S. T. S. Durrant, C. A. Angel, I. Lauder and J. K. Wood Which tests are most useful in distinguishing between reactive thrombocytosis and the thrombocytosis of myeloproliferative disease? R. V. Majer, A. Dawe, P. Weir, A. Jones-Lecointe and P. J. Green Myelodysplastic syndrome with myelofibrosis: myelodysplastic syndrome as a major primary disorder for acute myelofibrosis M. Takahashi, T. Koike, P. Nagayama, M. Fujiwara, S. Koyama, M. Ohnishi, Y. Nakamori, N.Soga, S. Aoki, W. Tatewaki, K. Wada, Y. Moriyama and A. Shibata Mobilization of haemopoietic stem cells by cyclophosphamide into the peripheral blood of patients with haematological malignancies K. M. Shepherd, P. Charles, R. E. Sage, B. M. Dale, J. E. Norman, D. Kotasek, A. Gregg and J. Futter Detection of light chain restriction in chronic B-lymphoid leukaemia and B-non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma J. Oertel, S. Lipski, H. Lobeck and D. Huhn Ability of unstimulated and phorbol-ester-stimulated human blood-monocyte- derived macrophages to metabolize drugs and its implications S. N. Wickramasinghe, G. Barden and B. Gardner Analysis of leucocyte populations with the Coulter S-Plus STKR as a screening tool for haematological abnormalities G. d’Onofrio, A. M. Salvati, P. Berti, M. P. Cappabianca, G. Marsili, M. Quarantelli, G. Zini, C. Casini, C. De Philippis, G. Mango and P. R. Ferrini The effect of anticoagulants on the size of platelets in blood smears in the course of time H. Schonewille, H. L. Haak, H. Kerkhofs and W. B. J. Gerrits Case report: High dose intravenous immunoglobulin in the prenatal management of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia K. H. Shwe, E. M. Love, B. A. Lieberman and A. C. Newland Case report: The myelokathexis-like variant of the myelodysplastic syndrome—a second example B. L. Sheridan, P. H. Pinkerton, J. E. Curtis, A. D. Tepperman and A. J. A. Hunt Case report: Unusual findings in two patients with acquired deletions of the long arm of chromosome 5 (5q—) M. Lishner, D. Amato, P. Chalvardjian, M. A. Baker, B. Fernandes, D. Pantalony and I. D. Dube Case report: High grade lymphoma of the cerebellum: a rare complication of chronic lymphatic leukaemia K. Ng, J. Nash and B. E. Woodcock iv Contents 99 Correspondence: Coombs negative haemolytic anaemia responding to intravenous immunoglobulins in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome F. Van Rhee and M. Abela 103 Book reviews Volume 13, Number 2, 1991 107 Blood product support in patients undergoing chemotherapy and autologous or allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for haematological malignancies O. P. Smith, H. G. Prentice, G. Hazlehurst, B. Brozovic, A. F. Hoffbrand and A. B. Mehta Prognostic indicators for the development of AIDS in HIV antibody positive haemophiliac patients: results of a three-year longitudinal study G. M. Smith, M. A. Forbes, J. Cooper, T. Bradley, M. H. Hambling, E. H. Cooper and B. A. McVerry Inter-relationships between platelet count, platelet IgG, serum IgG, immune complexes and severity of liver disease R. de Noronha, B. A. Taylor, G. Wild, D. R. Triger and M. Greaves Mesenteric venous thrombosis due to protein C deficiency P. Yates, P. M. Cumber, S. Sanderson and B. J. Harrison Relevance of red cell distribution width (RDW) in the differential diagnosis of microcytic anaemias B. M. Cesana, A. T. Maiolo, R. Gidiuli, I. Damilano, P. Massaro and E. E. Polli A study of changes in red cell volume and haemoglobin concentration during phlebotomy induced iron deficiency and iron repletion using the Technicon H1 W. N. Patton, R. J. Cave and R. I. Harris Bone marrow necrosis complicating chronic myeloid leukaemia A. T. Macheta, K. I. Cinkotai, E. M. Love, C. G. Geary and J. A. Liu Yin High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC): a simple method to quantify Hb C, O-Arab. Agenogi and F P. Samperi, G. R. Mancuso, S. P. Dibenedetto, A. Di Cataldo, R. Ragusa and G. Schiliro Flow cytometric reticulocyte analysis using thiazole orange; clinical experience and technical limitations I. Chin- Yee, M. Keeney and R. C. Lohmann Storage and preparation of samples for erythropoietin radioimmunoassay R. G. Kendall, C. Chapman, A. E. Hartley and D. R. Norfolk Quick cytochemical staining of blood and bone marrow cells in a microwave oven C. H. Huissen and E. W. Kuijpers Case report: Therapy-related leukaemia in Wegener’s granulomatosis K. Lee, T. P. Baglin and R. E. Marcus Case report: Eosinophilic leukaemia with an abnormality of 5q31, the site of the IL-5 gene P. Yates and M. N. Potter Contents Case report: Retinal detachments due to chronic lymphocytic leukaemia J. A. Murphy, J. F. Pitts, J. Dudgeon, R. B. Hogg and A. N. Harnett Correspondence: Discrepant INR values strike again M. Morrison and E. J. Fitzsimons Correspondence: The correlation between red cell distribution width and serum erythropoietin titres K. Kario, T. Matsuo, K. Nakao and N. Yamaguchi 224 Correspondence: Red cell aplasia in mother and son R. F. Neilson and A. A. Khokhar 227 Book reviews Volume 13, Number 3, 1991 229 The red cell distribution width in sickle cell disease—is it of clinical value? M. Thame, Y. Grandison, K. Mason, M. Thompson, D. Higgs, J. Morris, B. Serjeant and G. Serjeant ‘Partial D’ women with anti-D alloimmunization in pregnancy K. M. Mayne, D. L. Allen and P. J. Bowell Microangiopathic haemolysis associated with occult carcinoma P. W. Collins, L. Jones, C. Pocock and A. C. Newland Sub-optimal doses of human recombinant erythropoietin markedly lower serum ferritin A. Jones-Lecointe, P. J. Green and H. A. Lee Leucocyte numbers and quality: their effect on viscosity S. Roath and P. Davenport Observations on the ultrastructure of sinusoids and reticular cells in human bone marrow S. N. Wickramasinghe Lauryl sulphate haemoglobin: a non-hazardous substitute for HiCN in haemoglobinometry S. M. Lewis, B. Garvey, R. Manning, S. A. Sharp and J. Wardle K,- or K,-EDTA: the anticoagulant of choice in routine haematology? W. Goossens, V. Van Duppen and R. L. Verwilghen Stable lyophilized reagents for the serum ferritin assay M. Worwood, S. J. Thorpe, A. Heath, C. H. Flowers and J. D. Cook Case report: Severe megaloblastic anaemia presenting as pancytopenia with red cell hypoplasia and elevated serum cobalamin and cobalamin binding proteins H. A. O’Brien and N. A. Sourial Case report: Effective treatment of the anaemia associated with multiple myeloma by recombinant human erythropoietin Y. Shimamoto, M. Matsuzaki and M. Yamaguchi Case report: Severe bleeding associated with worsening thrombocytopenia following alpha interferon therapy for autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura S. Benjamin, B. J. Bain and H. Dodsworth vi Contents 319 Correspondence: Homozygous haemoglobin O-Arab in pregnancy S. E. Heard, N. B. Westwood, T. C. Pearson and A.D. Stephens 320 Correspondence: Refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura responsive to a interferon A. Jones-Lecointe and A. Green Correspondence: Methotrexate-induced bone-marrow suppression C. Costello, N. Mir, R. A. Hughes and B. Riley Correspondence: Guidelines for implementation of a maximum surgical blood order schedule P. J. Green Correspondence: Reply from Chairman, BCSH A. H. Waters 325 Book reviews 326 Forthcoming symposium Volume 13, Number 4, 1991 327 Neonatal screening for haemoglobin variants using filter paper-dried blood specimens S. J. Henderson, K. Fishlock, M. E. C. Horn, L. Oni and A. J. Bellingham CDS— T lymphocytes in renal transplant recipients P. J. McKay, B. Kyle, A. McLaren, M. A. McMillan and N. P. Lucie Bone marrow hypervascularity in patients with myelofibrosis identified by infra-red thermography T. P. Baglin, J. Crocker, A. Timmins, S. Chandler and B. J. Boughton Reversible infertility and Castleman’s disease D. J. A Adamson and J. M. Currie Discriminant analysis of iron deficiency anaemia and heterozygous thalassaemia traits: a 3-dimensional selection of red cell indices P. Han and K. P. Fung The effect of blood transfusion on *'Cr-red blood cells surface-counting data in homozygous f-thalassaemia P. A. Dimitriou, A. E. Germenis, A. G. Kasfiki, A. K. Depasquale, T. E. Karpathios and §.-E. P. Antipas Parallel line bioassay in a coagulation laboratory. A program for personal computer use and an example application to Ristocetin Cofactor assay A. Tosetto and F. Rodeghiero Case report: Acute epiglottitis in immunocompromised patients—a report of two cases J. O. Cullis and R. D. Hyde Case report: Erythroleukaemia-associated haemophagocytic syndrome K. F. Wong, J. K. C. Chan, C. S. Ng and Y. C. Chu Case report: Myelodysplasia as the initial presentation of Fanconi’s anaemia in a phenotypically normal child M. F. McMullin, P. Mahendra, R. Hain and A. J. Barrett Contents Vii Case report: Spontaneous complete remission of acute myeloid leukaemia with interstitial deletion of chromosome 5 M. N. Narayanan and M. J. Lewis Correspondence: Case report. Spurious thrombocytosis in a patient with severe burn K. F. Wong Correspondence: Testing the myelotoxic potential of new anti-HIV drugs in vitro S. N. Wickramasinghe and S. Fida Book reviews Author index to Volume 13 Subject index to Volume 13