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Reduction of exit-site infections of tunnelled intravascular catheters among neutropenic patients by sustained-release chlorhexidine dressings: results from a prospective randomized controlled trial by Chambers, S.T., Sanders, J., Patton, W.N., Ganly, P., Birch, M., Crump, J.A., Spearing, R.L.

“…Exit-site and tunnel infections of tunnelled central intravascular catheters are a frequent source of morbidity among neutropenic patients and may necessitate…”
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Circulating levels and clinical significance of soluble CD86 in myeloma patients by Hock, B. D., Drayson, M., Patton, W. N., Taylor, K., Kerr, L., McKenzie, J. L.

“…Summary Circulating soluble CD86 (sCD86) levels are elevated in a number of leukaemias and are an independent prognostic factor in acute myeloid leukaemia. We…”
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Successful treatment with lamivudine for fulminant reactivated hepatitis B infection following intensive therapy for high-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma by Clark, F. L., Drummond, M. W., Chambers, S., Chapman, B. A., Patton, W. N.

“…Chronic carriers of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, who are treated for malignant lymphoma, are at high risk of mortality from reactivated HBV infection. We…”
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Human plasma contains a soluble form of CD86 which is present at elevated levels in some leukaemia patients by HOCK, B. D, PATTON, W. N, BUDHIA, S, MANNARI, D, ROBERTS, P, MCKENZIE, J. L

“…Cell surface expression of CD86 (mCD86) provides an important co-stimulatory signal which profoundly influences immune responses. In this report, we…”
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Diagnosis of aspergillus peritonitis in a renal dialysis patient by PCR and galactomannan detection by Scotter, J M, Stevens, J M, Chambers, S T, Lynn, K L, Patton, W N

“…This report describes the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and galactomannan detection to detect aspergillus in the continuous ambulatory peritoneal…”
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Prolonged remission of longstanding systemic lupus erythematosus after autologous bone marrow transplant for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma by SNOWDEN, J. A, PATTON, W. N, O'DONNELL, J. L, HANNAH, E. E, HART, D. N. J

“…We describe a patient with longstanding steroid-dependent systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in whom clinical and serological remission was achieved following…”
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Identification of a Circulating Soluble Form of CD80: Levels in Patients with Hematological Malignancies by Hock, BD, Starling, GC, Patton, WN, Salm, N, Bond, K, McArthur, LT, McKenzie, JL

“…The release of soluble forms of CD80 provides a potentially powerful mechanism for the modulation of anti-tumor responses. In this report we investigated…”
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Acquired myeloma-associated Type III hyperlipidaemia treated by nonmyeloablative HLA-identical sibling allogeneic stem cell transplant using a donor with essential thrombocythaemia (ET): evidence of engraftment without manifestation of ET in recipient by Chee, L, Spearing, R L, Morris, C M, McDonald, M, Hanrahan, V, Ebbett, A, Scott, R, Florkowski, C, Walmsley, T, Patton, W N

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Dendritic cells in chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia by Vuckovic, S., Fearnley, D. B., Gunningham, S., Spearing, R. L., Patton, W. N., Hart, D. N. J.

“…Blood dendritic cells (DC) differentiate in vitro via two separate pathways: either directly from blood DC precursors (DCp) or from CD14+ monocytes. In chronic…”
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Differential effects of G-CSF mobilisation on dendritic cell subsets in normal allogeneic donors and patients undergoing autologous transplantation by HOCK, B. D, HARING, L. F, EBBETT, A. M, PATTON, W. N, MCKENZIE, J. L

“…It has been suggested that the immunological properties of cytokine primed PBSC may reflect the presence of altered levels of cellular components. In this…”
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Iron chelation therapy in myelodysplastic syndromes: we need more evidence, not more guidelines by Butler, A., Patton, W. N.

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Clonally unrelated BCR-ABL-negative acute myeloblastic leukemia masquerading as blast crisis after busulphan and interferon therapy for BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukemia by MANLEY, R, COCHRANE, J, MCDONALD, M, RIGBY, S, MOORE, A, KIRK, A, CLARKE, S, CROSSEN, P. E, MORRIS, C. M, PATTON, W. N

“…We report a patient with Philadelphia (Ph)-positive, BCR-ABL rearrangement positive, chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with a prolonged chronic phase of 24 years…”
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Co‐incidental presentation of IgA lambda multiple myeloma and pleural involvement with IgM kappa non‐Hodgkin’s lymphoma by Manley, R., Monteath, J., Patton, W. N.

“…Pleural effusions occur in ≈ 6% of patients with myeloma. The aetiology is multifactorial and effusions due to pleural myelomatous involvement are rare,…”
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Idiosyncratic drug-induced haematological abnormalities : incidence, pathogenesis, management and avoidance by PATTON, W. N, DUFFULL, S. B

“…Haematological dyscrasias remain important because they are potentially fatal. Their accurate reporting is required to confirm the cause-effect relationship of…”
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Spin density projection-assisted R2 magnetic resonance imaging of the liver in the management of body iron stores in patients receiving multiple red blood cell transfusions: an audit and retrospective study in South Australia by Brown, G. C., Patton, W. N., Tapp, H. E., Taylor, D. J., St Pierre, T. G.

“…Aim:  To assess the impact of non‐invasive monitoring of liver iron concentration (LIC) on management of body iron stores in patients receiving multiple blood…”
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Automated counting of platelets on the Bayer ADVIA 120 analyser by Stanworth, S J, Denton, K, Monteath, J, Patton, W N

“…Precise counting of platelets is difficult particularly in the low thrombocytopenic range or when large platelets exist. The recently available Bayer ADVIA 120…”
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Autologous PBSCT in patients with cardiac amyloidosis by Stevens, J M, Patton, W N, Heaton, D C, Spearing, R L, Shaw, G, Bowie, D, Smyth, D, Comenzo, R

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The use of low dose Orgaran in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia associated with in vitro platelet aggregation at higher Orgaran concentrations by HILL, G.R., HICKTON, C., HENDERSON, S., PATTON, W.N.

“…We report a case of heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia with in vitro antibody cross‐reactivity by platelet aggregometry to both low molecular weight heparin and…”
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Evaluation of sealed vacuum extraction method (Seditainer) for measurement of erythrocyte sedimentation rate by Patton, W N, Meyer, P J, Stuart, J

“…A sealed vacuum extraction method (Seditainer) for determining the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was compared with the standard Westergren ESR…”
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Syngeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anaemia by Manley, R, Fearnley, D, Patton, WN, Newhook, C, Spearing, RL, Hart, DNJ

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