title: Blood viscosity in patients with diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate blood viscosity as possible marker of disease progression in patients with newly diagnosed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).
  
  
  METHODS
  The viscosity of blood samples from 20 patients with newly diagnosed aggressive NHL (stage I, n=7; stage II, n=4; stage III, n=7; stage IV, n=2) was analyzed using Brookfield DV-II + (USA) machine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Blood viscosity in NHL patients (median: 5.5+/-1.46 miliPascal) inversely correlated with lactatdehydrogenase (LDH) level, international prognostic index (IPI) score, and stage (p=0.02, r=-0.51; p=0.03, r=-0.63; and p=0.04, r=-0.45, respectively) and positively correlated with hemoglobin level (p=0.02, r=0.65)).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to our data, blood viscosity may be considered as a follow up marker in NHL patients along with LDH level or sedimentation rate.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Oncology Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. gungorutkan_md@yahoo.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Utkan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kocer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muallaoglu
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Durnal
authors.forename: U Y
authors.initials: UY
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Celenkoglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokluoglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alkis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged