Hematology

β-thalassaemias are a clinically heterogenous group of inherited disorders caused by >200 described mutations in the β-globin gene, leading to a decreased or absent production of the β-globin chain.

Polycythaemia vera (PV) is a condition characterised by an increasing number of the red blood cells in the blood.

Eduard Glanzmann first reported Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) in 1918 after he identified a functional abnormality of platelets with defective clot retraction.

Mutations in FLT3 are the most common genetic alteration in AML. Patients with a FLT3 internal tandem duplication (ITD) mutation subtype have poor prognosis, especially when there is a high allelic burden.

Multiple myeloma is a malignant neoplasm arising from clonal proliferation of plasma cells in the bone marrow…

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is a life-threatening, multifactorial haematological neoplasm characterised by the accumulation of transformed immature myeloid progenitors…

This symposium took place virtually at the European School of Haematology (ESH) 7th Translational Research e-Conference: Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)…

Thrombocytopenia is generally defined as a platelet count below the lower normal limit, <150×109/L, although many suggest that a cut-off value…