We present a case of the multiple venous intestinal infarction in patient with two inherited thrombophilias: Leiden factor V (LFV) and factor VIII elevation. The patient had a critical hypocoagulation caused by vitamin K antagonist (VKA) overdose. At laparotomy, several intestinal segments were necrotic and ischemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common adult leukaemia in the US and in Europe, including Georgia. CLL presents with clonal expansion and accumulation of CD5+CD19+CD23+ cells in peripheral lymphoid organs and tissues and in bone marrow. The disease remains incurable, albeit there are new molecular and immunotherapy methods currently available, which, in conjunction with chemotherapy, lead to the "precision therapy" approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFApoptosis-related proteins might play an important role in the pathogenesis and sensibility to the chemotherapeutical drugs in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). In our study we tried to find out the relation between the expression of CD95/Fas/Apo-1 antigen and clinical outcome of NHL patients. We have measured 24-hour spontaneous apoptosis of peripheral lymphocytes on flow cytometer using specific monoclonal anti-CD95 mouse antibodies in 54 patients aged 19-76 years.
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