Recent Research Information on Aplastic Anemia, MDS, and PNH

AA&MDSIF strives to keep patients, families, and hematology/oncology professionals up-to-date with developments in research and practice relevant to aplastic anemia, MDS and PNH. Shown below are recent articles from major hematology/oncology journals, retrieved from the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed portal to their MEDLINE database of journal citations and abstracts of the biomedical literature from around the world.


Looking for research oriented for patients and caregivers? For select reviews of important medical journal articles, written by hematology/oncology professionals, visit Research Reviews for Patients. These reviews interpret the most relevant information for patients from the latest published research.

Summary information is listed by publication date, title, journal title and senior author. By default, the articles are listed by their publication date in reverse chronological order, from the most recent article to oldest article. Clicking the date column heading will sort them the other way, from oldest to newest.

"Publication date" in most cases means when the article first appeared in the electronic/online issue of a journal, in advance of when it appears in the print journal. Keep in mind some articles may appear online months before appearing in print, and that some may be from online-only journals.

You can also alphabetically and reverse alphabetically sort articles, primary authors and journal titles by clicking their column heading. To find articles by disease type, choose it from the drop-down menu named "Filter by Disease", and only articles about those diseases will appear. The search box labeled “Filter by Search Term” lets you search for a word in the article title, author, or journal name.

When you open an article citation by clicking on the title, article summary information (this time including all authors) is again shown, and in most cases you can view the article abstract. In some cases the abstract is unavailable, and not shown. You can also progress to the article’s PubMed entry by clicking the PubMed ID number link, shown directly under the title. Here you can purchase the article for download viewing or view through your institutional library’s access. In some cases, full text viewing is free either from the publisher’s site or from PubMed Central, an searchable aggregation site of free full text articles.

The PubMed Web site has extensive features, along with help tools and links to other databases. Regular users are encouraged to become familiar with its many capabilities.

Publication Date Article Title Journal Titlesort icon Primary Author Bone Marrow Disease(s)
01/01/2011 Management of aplastic anemia: the role of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Acta Haematol Gafter-Gvili A aplastic anemia
07/06/2010 Retrospective survey on the prevalence and outcome of prior autoimmune diseases in patients with aplastic anemia reported to the registry of the European group for blood and marrow transplantation. Acta Haematol Cesaro S aplastic anemia
01/01/2013 Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and the complement system: recent insights and novel anticomplement strategies Adv Exp Med Biol Risitano AM paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
01/01/2013 Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and the complement system: recent insights and novel anticomplement strategies Adv Exp Med Biol Risitano AM paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
06/20/2010 Iron chelation therapy in myelodysplastic syndromes. Adv Hematol Messa E myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
03/09/2011 Azacytidine for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes in the elderly. Adv Ther Campelo MD myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
03/09/2011 Treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes in elderly patients. Adv Ther Sanchez JF myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
05/12/2011 Azacitidine adverse effects in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes Adv Ther. San Miguel Amigo L myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
06/08/2011 Adverse effects of azacitidine: onset, duration, and treatment Adv Ther. Martínez-Francés A. myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
05/25/2012 Quality of life and physicians' perception in myelodysplastic syndromes Am J Blood Res Oliva EN myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)