Philadelphia chromosome-positive adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Serial chromosome studies in 5 patients.
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Normal and clonal hematopoietic progenitor cells have been demonstrated to coexist in chronic-phase chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), but few data are available on the presence of non neoplastic hematopoiesis during the blastic transformation phase. We used reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to investigate expression of the BCR/ABL transcript of individual hematopoietic progenitors from a CML patient in blastic phase. We demonstrate that non clonal hematopoiesis is induced to re-emerge by conventional chemotherapy containing fludarabine. In addition, we confirm that some pluripotent CD34+/CD33-/DR- cells circulating in the peripheral blood are not clonal. Our data provide an encouraging basis for further studies of in vitro purification of normal hematopoietic stem cells in advanced stage CML and of their use in the context of autologous bone marrow transplantation.
Until a few years ago, the main cause of men's genital impotence was reputed to be psychogenic. On the other hand, the development of diagnostic techniques has been in aid in isolating the most frequent cause of impotence among the organic forms, and in particular those of vascular origin. The authors herein examine the diagnostic methods of vasculogenic impotence and evaluate the therapeutic options in relation to the various causes identified.