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Pediatric Hematology and Oncology CONTENTS Volume 13, Number 1 Review Article HISTORY AND CURRENT STATE OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES © C. Mpofu and T. Revesz Articles UNUSUAL DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDHOOD CANCER IN NAMIBIA O G. Wessels and P. B. Hesseling 3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE (DOPA) METABOLISM IN SCREENING-DETECTED AND NON-SCREENING-DETECTED NEUROBLASTOMA © Hitoshi Ikeda, Norio Suzuki, Atsushi Takahashi, Minoru Kuroiwa, and Shiro Matsuyama CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA AND STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN 0- TO 18-YEAR-OLD PATIENTS IN HUNGARY, DIAGNOSED BETWEEN 1988 AND 1992 © E. Apjok, R. Koéds, J. D. Borsi, and D. Schuler EARLY TOXICITY OF INTENSIFIED CONDITIONING WITH ETOPOSIDE COMBINED WITH TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION/CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE OR BUSULFAN/CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING AUTOLOGOUS OR ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION © M. Horstmann, G. Kroschke, M. Stockschlader, R. Betker, W. Kriiger, R. Erttmann, H. Kabisch, and A. Zander INTERLEUKIN-1 PRODUCTION FOLLOWING T-CELL—DEPLETED AND UNMODIFIED MARROW GRAFTS © Indira Sahdev, Richard O'Reilly, Patricia Black, Glenn Heller, and Michael Hoffmann CHEMOTHERAPY WITH THE “8 IN 1” PROTOCOL FOR MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS IN CHILDREN: A Population-Based Study in Finland © Ismo Ilveskoski, Ulla M. Saarinen, Mikko Perkkié, Toivo T. Salmi, Mariatta Lanning, Anne Makipernaa, Risto Sankila, and Helena Pihko Short Communications HYDROPS FETALIS AND NEONATAL LEUKEMIA IN DOWN SYNDROME © Alvin Zipursky, Toby Rose, Martin Skidmore, Paul Thorner, and John Doyle Brief Reports HYPERTRANSFUSION FOR SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION SECONDARY TO EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS O Anselm C. W. Lee, W. Chiu, K. S. Tai, Virginia Wong, Wilfred C. G. Peh, and Y. L. Lau INTRA-ABDOMINAL DESMOPLASTIC SMALL ROUND CELL TUMOR IN CHILDREN: A Clinicopathologic Study © M. M. Basade, D. S. Vege, C. N. Nair, P. A. Kurkure, and S. H. Advani INCREASED PROLACTIN LEVEL AND PITUITARY ADENOMA AS A CAUSE OF HEADACHE IN TWO PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE © Radwan Sabbagh and Amos Kedar Book Review Announcement Pediatric Hematology and Oncology CONTENTS Volume 13, Number 2 Editorial GENETIC NOMENCLATURE: ISCN and ISGN © Sverre Heim Articles TREATMENT WITH RECOMBINANT HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN IN CHILDREN WITH MALIGNANCIES © I. Bolonaki, E. Stiakaki, E. Lydaki, H. Dimitriou, A. Kambourakis, Th. Kalmantis, and M. Kalmanti BURKITT’S LYMPHOMA IN 63 TURKISH CHILDREN DIAGNOSED OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD © Ulya Ertem, Feride Duru, Ali Pamir, Nurdan Tacyildiz, Ayhan Dagdemir, Aysegiil Akcayéz, Omer Uluoglu, and Tahsin Tezic¢ FEBRILE EPISODES IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES © Salman Mahmood, Tamas Révész, and Christopher Mpofu Short Communications INFECTION-ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME COMPLICATED BY INFECTIOUS LYMPHOPROLIFERATION: A Case Report © Z. Syrickova, J. Stary, P. Sedlatek, P. Smisek, J. Vaviinec, V. Komrska, K. Roubalova, J. Vandasova, B. Sintakova, J. Houskova, and M. Hassan TRANSIENT ACUTE MONOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA WITH RECIPROCAL (8;16)(p11;p13) TRANSLOCATION © _L. Sainati, S. Bolcato, M. G. Cocito, L. Zanesco, G. Basso, A. Montaldi, and A. L. Piovesan ETOPOSIDE IN LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS IN CHILDREN: A Preliminary Experience © M. M. Basade, C. N. Nair, P. A. Kurkure, S. K. Pai, and S. H. Advani PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES IN TURKEY: Hacettepe Experience © Aytemiz Girgey, Sinan Beksac, Fatma Gimrik, Nur Cakar, Liitfiye Mesci, Sedat Altay, Cihan Oner, and Cigdem Altay Brief Reports AN ADOLESCENT CASE OF RETROPERITONEAL PURE CHORIOCARCINOMA: Successful Treatment with MCNU-Containing High-Dose Chemotherapy Followed by Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation after Multiple Brain Metastases © Yoshihisa Nagatoshi, Jun Okamura, Yoshiko Ikuno, and Hideko Tasaka TRANSIENT APLASTIC CRISIS IN A LEUKEMIC CHILD CAUSED BY PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION © Vladimir Mihdl, Jaroslav Dusek, Marian Hajduch, BernardJ .C ohen, Helena Fingerova, and Jaroslav Vesely SUSPICION OF CHILD ABUSE COMPLICATING THE DIAGNOSIS OF BLEEDING DISORDERS © Philip G. Scimeca, Lynda B. Cooper, and Indira Sahdev A CASE OF SEVERE THROMBOCYTOPENIA DUE TO PARVOVIRUS B19 VIRUS © Yildiz Yildirmak, Sabri Kemahli, Nejat Akar, Ziimriit Uysal, Siikrii Cin, and Ayten Arcasoy Letters to the Editor DRAMATIC EFFECT OF HIGH-DOSE METHYLPREDNISOLONE ON ORBITAL GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA © Goniil Hicsénmez, Namik Ozbek, Giilsev Kale, Giiliz Erdem, Sevgiil Bilgic¢, and Volkan Hazar SUCCESSFUL MULTIDRUG CHEMOTHERAPY OF OLFACTORY NEUROBLASTOMA IN AN 8-YEAR-OLD CHILD QO Ewa Zateska-Czepko, Magdalena Cwiklifiska, Walentyna Balwierz, and Jerzy Armata ROTHMUND-THOMSON SYNDROME, MALIGNANT DISEASES, AND TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES © Carmelo Rizzari and Valentino Conter Reply MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND RTS © inc ilhan, Unser Arikan, and Miinevver Biiyiikpamukcu Technical Note A RANDOMIZED STUDY OF ONDANSETRON SYRUP IN CHILDREN: Evaluation of Taste Acceptability and Tolerance OR. Stevens, B. Votan, R. Lane, G. Schaison, M. Hewitt, J. Kohler, and A. Thyss Pediatric Hematology and Oncology CONTENTS Volume 13, Number 3 Editorial "BIN 1” © IanJ . Cohen Annotation TRANSIENT ACUTE MONOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA WITH RECIPROCAL (8;16)(p11;p13) TRANSLOCATION © Sverre Heim Articles PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES AND SURVIVAL IN PEDIATRIC ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIAS: Cancer Institute Experience QO V. Shanta, V. Maitreyan, T. G. Sagar, C. K. Gajalakshmi, and K. R. Rajalekshmy INFECTION RISK FACTORS IN FEBRILE, NEUTROPENIC CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS © Gary R.J ones, Gwen K. Konsler, Rose P. Dunaway, and Susan N. Pusek Short Communications VARICELLA ZOSTER INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA © Anja Poulsen, Kjeld Schmiegelow, and Mina Yssing ASSESSMENT OF NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS AND RANDOM MIGRATION IN CHILDREN WITH THALASSEMIA MAJOR QO Necil Kutukculer, Onur Kutlu, Gungor Nisli, Senay Oztop, Nazan Cetingul, and Suat Caglayan ONDANSETRON IN RADIATION THERAPY OF BRAIN TUMOR IN CHILDREN © R.J.J . Lippens and G. C. J. M. Broeders LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY IN THE VNTR REGION OF INTRON 1 OF P53 IN TWO RETINOBLASTOMA CASES © Serap Emre, Arzu Sungur, Sevgiil Bilgic, Miinevver Biyikpamukcu, ilhan Ginalp, and Meral Ozgiic¢ DETECTION OF MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA AFTER TERMINATION OF THERAPY © Nan-Hai Wu, Shan-Gen Lu, Ping Zhu, and Yu-Yun Peng Brief Reports PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES SEPTICEMIA: Case Report and Literature Review © Anselm C. W. Lee, K. Y. Yuen, S. Y. Ha, David C. K. Chiu, and Y. L. Lau HEMATOLOGICAL STUDIES IN CHILDREN WITH DOWN SYNDROME © Onorata David, Gian Carlo Fiorucci, Maria Teresa Tosi, Franco Altare, Alessandro Valori, Paola Saracco, Paola Asinardi, Ugo Ramenghi, and Vilma Gabutti BREAST METASTASIS IN ADOLESCENTS WITH ALVEOLAR RHABDOMYOSARCOMA OF THE EXTREMITIES: Report of Two Cases © W.H. Kwan, P. H. K. Choi, C. K. Li, M. K. Shing, K. W. Chik, P. Yuen, and L. T. C. Chow SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS COMPLICATING MAINTENANCE TREATMENT FOR ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA © James C. Nicholson, Judith M. Darmady, and Janice A. Kohler Letters to the Editor MASKED HODGKIN’S DISEASE: The Pruriginous Disguise QO Catherine M. Stefanato and Miguel Reyes-Mugica COMBINED ADMINISTRATION OF HEPATITIS B VACCINE AND HEPATITIS B IMMUNE GLOBULIN IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER QO Kaan Kavakli, Nazan Cetingul, Senay Oztop, Gungor Nisli, and Tijen Ozacar Reply COMBINED ADMINISTRATION OF HEPATITIS B VACCINE AND HEPATITIS B IMMUNE GLOBULIN IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER O Semha Berberoglu and Miinevver Biiyikpamukcu Announcement Pediatric Hematology and Oncology CONTENTS Volume 13, Number 4 1996 Editorials ADENOSINE DEAMINASE IN CHILDHOOD MALIGNANCY: Should There be a Second Look? © julie Blatt RECOMBINANT HUMAN ERYTHROPOIETIN IN CHILDREN WITH CANCER © Hannah Tamary and Yehuda L. Danon ETOPOSIDE IN LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS fOan Helmut Gadner METHOTREXATE AND ORAL MUCOSITIS © Peter Johan Moe Review Articles PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY IN CAMEROON, AFRICA: Past and Future Perspectives © Marie-Thérése Abena Obama PEDIATRIC CANCER: Environmental and Genetic Aspects O A. Toren, G. Rechavi, and B. Ramot HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA: A Rare Vascular Tumor in Childhood and Adolescence © Maria Adelina Costa, Alvaro Sousa, and Elio Vieira Articles PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ADENOSINE DEAMINASE IN CHILDREN WITH MALIGNANCIES © Maria Haztzistilianou, Fanny Athanassiadou, Dora Catriu, Arete Makedou, Sultana Hitoglou, and A. Papaeconomou SIX YEARS’ EXPERIENCE OF TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION IN CHILDREN WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES AT A SINGLE CENTER: Management, Efficacy, and Complications © A. Barzaghi, A. Rovelli, A. Piroddi, A. Balduzzi, L. Pirovano, A. Colombini, and C. Uderzo Short Communications ORAL MUCOSITIS IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA AFTER HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE TREATMENT WITHOUT DELAYED ELIMINATION OF METHOTREXATE: Relation to Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Methotrexate © Charlotte Rask, Freidoun Albertioni, Henrik Schr¢der, and Curt Peterson NEUROBLASTOMA-ASSOCIATED PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME WITH ANTI-HU ANTINEURONAL ANTIBODIES PRESENTING AT THE TIME OF RECURRENCE © C. Mpofu, L. Sztriha, and T. Revesz KIDNEY FUNCTION IN LONG-TERM PEDIATRIC SURVIVORS OF ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA FOLLOWING ALLOGENEIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION © Manjusha Kumar, Amos Kedar, and Richard E. Neiberger Brief Report TWO UNUSUAL RECURRENCES OF INTRACRANIAL GERMINOMA QO Primoz Strojan, Mara Popovi¢, Gabrijela Petrit-Grabnar, NeZa Zupanéit, and Berta Jereb Letter to the Editor EFFICACY OF ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF HIGH-DOSE COBAMAMIDE IN A PATIENT WITH IMERSLUND-GRASBECK SYNDROME © Simone Gangarossa, Vincenzo Romano, and Gino Schiliro’ Pediatric Hematology and Oncology CONTENTS Volume 13, Number 5 Editorials OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS AND ANTINEURONAL ANTIBODIES IN NEUROBLASTOMA © Julie Blatt IMPORTANCE OF ORAL ANTIMETABOLITE “MAINTENANCE” THERAPY IN CHILDHOOD LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA QO Jj.S. Lilleyman Center Presentations HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN) © Alvin Zipursky DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY IN CRETE © Maria Kalmanti Review Article PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY IN SLOVENIA © Berta jereb and Jozica Anzi¢ Articles PHARMACOKINETICS OF THE 5HT, RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST TROPISETRON IN CHILDREN © Gerhard Gaedicke, Rudolf Erttmann, Giinther Henze, Wolfgang Hartmann, Sabine Drechsler, Peter Grass, Lothar Faerber, and Klaus Kutz GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR IN NEUTROPENIC, PEDIATRIC SOLID TUMOR PATIENTS FOLLOWING CHEMOTHERAPY © i. Ayan, R. Kebudi, S. Dogan, G. Tokuc, and O. Gérgiin IMMUNE RESPONSE OF IMMUNOCOMPROMISED CHILDREN WITH MALIGNANCIES TO A RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE © Sophia Polychronopoulou-Androulakaki, John P. Panagiotou, Stavroula Kostaridou, Asimina Kyratzopoulou, and Stavros Haidas Short Communications MYELOTOXICITY, PHARMACOKINETICS, AND RELAPSE RATE WITH METHOTREXATE/6-MERCAPTOPURINE MAINTENANCE THERAPY OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA OQ Kjeld Schmiegelow and Marianne Ifversen SUCCESSFUL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF DIENCEPHALIC SYNDROME WITH CONTINUED TUMOR PRESENCE Q A. Shuper, I. Bloch, L. Kornreich, G. Horev, S. Michowitz, R. Zaizov, and I. Cohen HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6 (HHV-6)—ASSOCIATED HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME © Masatoshi Takagi, Atsushi Unno, Takeshi Maruyama, Kazunari Kaneko, and Kaoru Obinata INVOLVEMENT OF CHROMOSOMES 1 AND 17 IN A CASE OF NEUROBLASTOMA © Erika L. D. Mitchell, Kerry McNally, and Anna Kelsey Brief Reports DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR: A Curable Cause of Seizures © Z. Weissman, S. Michowitz, A. Shuper, L. Kornreich, and J. Amir HODGKIN’S DISEASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH DOWN SYNDROME: A Case Report © P. Kusumakumary, Rema Jyothirmayi, V. G. Chellam, and Nair M. Krishnan Letter to the Editor IS THERE A RATIONALE FOR THE PROPHYLACTIC PRESCRIPTION OF HEMATOPOIETIC COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR AFTER A BACTERIOLOGICALLY DOCUMENTED NEUTROPENIC INFECTION? QO C. Thieblemont, D. Frappaz, D. Coullioud, C. Fuhrmann, E. Bouffet, M. Brunat-Mentigny, and T. Philip