Publications

A 25-year-old non-smoking warehouse worker presented to the acute medical take with a five-day history of worsening symptoms including anorexia, lethargy, myalgia, swinging fevers and night sweats. He had been seen by his general practitioner at the start of this illness and commenced on oseltamivir to treat presumed H1N1 influenza

Abstract: In a series of 48 patients with splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL) with circulating villous lymphocytes, we describe the clinical and laboratory features of nine cases that transformed to high-grade B-cell lymphoma. These patients had a significantly greater incidence of …

Abstract: Prolymphocytic leukaemias of B and T cell subtype are rare diseases. Despite recent advances in immunophenotyping and molecular cytogenetics, leading to a better understanding of the underlying cell biology of the prolymphocytic leukaemias, prognosis for these patients …

Abstract: We describe 11 patients with severe refractory autoimmune cytopenias treated with
the anti-CD20 mono- clonal antibody rituximab. Six patients had autoimmune neutropenia
(AIN), two had pure red cell aplasia (PRCA), one had AIN and autoimmune haemolytic …

Abstract:  A 67 year old man was diagnosed with chronic lympho- cytic leukaemia (CLL) in 1999. He was also known to have hypogammaglobulinaemia and bronchiectasis. He had been previously treated with 12 cycles of chloram- bucil, 2 cycles of fludarabine …

Abstract: The combination of high dose methylprednisolone and rituximab induces superior overall (93%) and complete (14%) response rates compared to high dose methylprednisolone alone (overall 43%, complete remission 0%) in heavily pre-treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients with advanced disease…