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A forum for clinical and experimental hematology, hemostaseology, blood transfusion, and related aspects of hematological oncology
Also covers diagnosis and treatment of leukemias, lymphatic neoplasias and transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells
Examines relevant aspects of oncology, molecular biology and immunology
100% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again
Annals of Hematology covers the whole spectrum of clinical and translational hematology, hemostaseology, blood transfusion, and related aspects of medical oncology, including diagnosis and treatment of leukemias, lymphatic neoplasias and transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells.
Coverage includes general aspects of oncology, molecular biology and immunology as pertinent to problems of human blood disease.
The journal is associated with the German Society for Hematology and Medical Oncology, and the Austrian Society for Hematology and Oncology.

Editor-in-Chief
A. Ganser
Department of Hematology, Hemostasis,
Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1
30625 Hannover, Germany
e-mail: ganser.arnold@mh-hannover.de
Fax: +49-511-532 8041

Editorial Assistant Office
Carsten Brall, M.A. 
Talstr. 14
66916 Dunzweiler, Germany
e-mail: brall@medi-office.de
Tel.: +49-6841-9224150
Fax: +49-6841-9224151
Section Editors
Clinical Hematology
C. Baldus, Kiel
T. Barbui, Bergamo
M. D. Cappellini, Milan C. Carlo-Stella, Milan
S.-J. Chen, Shanghai
U. Jaeger, Vienna
T. Haferlach, Munich
A. Hochhaus, Jena
W.-K. Hofmann, Mannheim
G. Lenz, Münster 
M. Mateos, Salamanca
J. R. Passweg, Basel 
E. Rego, Sao Paolo 
T. de Witte, Nijmegen

Hematopathology
H.-H. Kreipe, Hannover

Hemostasis
A. Tiede, Hannover

Pediatric Hematology
A. Kulozik, Heidelberg

Stem Cell Transplantation
J. Finke, Freiburg
J. Holowiecky, Gliwice
X. J. Huang, Beijing
H. Greinix, Graz

Transfusion Medicine
H. Schrezenmeier, Ulm

Consultant in Statistics
A. Koch, Hannover

Editorial Board 
U. Bacher, Gottingen
W.E. Berdel, Münster
J.R. Berenson, Los Angeles, CA
Z. Berneman, Edegem
J. Bladé, Barcelona
H.E. Broxmeyer, Indianapolis
A.M. Carella, Genova
J-P. Cazenave, Strasbourg
F. Cervantes, Barcelona
Y. Chalandon, Geneva
U. Creutzig, Münster
B. Dahlbäck, Malmö
H.J. Deeg, Seattle
R. Delarue, Paris
J. Diebold, Paris
P. Dreger, Heidelberg
U. Dührsen, Essen
G. Ehninger, Dresden
H. Einsele, Würzburg
M. Engelhardt, Freiburg
A. Engert, Cologne
L. Escribano, Madrid
W.E. Fibbe, Leiden
A. Fischer, Paris
T. Fischer, Magdeburg
C. Fonatsch, Vienna
G. Gastl, Innsbruck
N. Gattermann, Düsseldorf
A.M. Gianni, Milano
H. Greinix, Austria
R. Haas, Düsseldorf
C. Haferlach, Munich
R. Hehlmann, Mannheim
W. Hiddemann, Munich
A.D. Ho, Heidelberg
D. Hoelzer, Frankfurt
W-K. Hofmann, Mannheim
S. Issaragrisil, Bangkok
L. Kanz, Tübingen
A. Keating, Toronto
V. Kiefel, Rostock
H.J. Kolb, Munich
P.A. Kyrle, Vienna
Z. Li, Hannover
A. van de Loosdrecht, Amsterdam
H. Ludwig, Vienna
J. Marsh, London
E. Matutes, London
N. Milman, Copenhagen
T. Molina, Paris
A. Neubauer, Marburg
J. Oldenburg, Bonn
A. Orfao de Matos, Salamanca
G. Ott, Stuttgart
I. Pabinger, Vienna
A. Pekrun, Bremen
C. Peschel, Munich
F. van Rhee, Little Rock
A. Reiter, Mannheim, Germany
C. Sarkozy, Lyon
B. Schlegelberger, Hannover 
R. Schlenk, Heidelberg
N. Schmitz, Hamburg
H.C. Schouten, Maastricht
H. Serve, Frankfurt
P. Sonneveld, Rotterdam
H. Stein, Berlin
A. Tafuri, Rome
M.S. Tallman, New York
S.L. Thein, Maryland
M. Theobald, Mainz
L. Trümper, Göttingen
G. Verhoef, Leuven
A. Verma, Maryland
V. Vicente Garcia, Murcia
A. Villegas, Madrid
J.L. Vives Corrons, Barcelona
K. Welte, Tubingen