New papers Prepublished online on May 31 2006

BRIEF REPORTS

Safety of dalteparin for the prophylaxis thromboembolism in elderly medical renal insufficiency: a pilot study.
Enrico Tincani, Caterina Mannucci, Barbara Casolari, Fabrizio Turrini, Mark A. Crowther, Domenico Prisco, Anna Maria Cenci, Marco Bondi. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9491.

Invasive fungal infections in patients with hematologic malignancies in a tertiary care cancer center: an autopsy study over a 15-year period (1989-2003).
Georgios Chamilos, Mario Luna, Russell E. Lewis, Gerald P. Bodey, Roy Chemaly, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Amar Safdar, Issam I. Raad, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9622.

Osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients with multiple myeloma treated with bisphosphonates: evidence of increased risk after treatment with zoledronic acid.
Meletios A. Dimopoulos, Efstathios Kastritis, Athanasios Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis Melakopoulos, Dimitra Gika, Lia A. Moulopoulos, Christina Bamia, Evangelos Terpos, Konstantinos Tsionos, Aristotelis Bamias. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9641.
Resolution of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a hematology unit with the use of disposable sterile water filters. Nicola Vianelli, Maria Benedetta Giannini, Cinzia Quarti, Maria Alessandra Bucci Sabattini, Mauro Fiacchini, Antonio de Vivo, Paola Graldi, Sabrina Galli, Anna Nanetti, Michele Baccarani, Paolo Ricci. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9662.

Fusion of ETV6 to GOT1 in a case with myelodysplastic syndrome and t(10;12)(q24;p13).
Hilde Janssen, Iwona Wlodarska, Cristina Mecucci, Anne Hagemeijer, Peter Vandenberghe, Peter Marynen, Jan Cools. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9727.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Life-threatening motor neurotoxicity in association with bortezomib.
Sunil Gupta, Antonio Pagliuca, Steve Devereux, Ghulam J. Mufti, Steve Schey. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9456

Megaloblastic anemia in North Africa.
Chokri Maktouf, Fattouma Bchir, Hechmi Louzir, Moez Mdhafferr, Moez Elloumi, Hela Ben Abid, Balkis Meddeb, Faiza Makni, Adnene Laatiri, Taoufik Soussi, Aicha Hafsia, Koussay Dellagi. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9472.

Superiority of arsenic trioxide-based regimen over a historic control combining all-trans retinoic acid plus intensive chemotherapy in the treatment of relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia.
Xavier Thomas, Arnaud Pigneux, Emmanuel Raffoux, Francoise Huguet, Denis Caillot, Pierre Fenaux. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9584.

Assessment of submicroscopic genetic lesions by single nucleotide polymorphism arrays in a child with acute myeloid leukemia and FLT3-internal tandem duplication.
Silvia Bungaro, Manoj Raghavan, Maria Grazia Dell'Oro, Paolo Paolucci, Bryan D. Young, Andrea Biondi, Giovanni Cazzaniga. Haematologica. (Prepublished online on May 31, 2006). PII: 03906078_9782.