ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Volume 49 No. 1, 2011 CONTENTS REVIEWS ADRIANA NICOLAU, R. TĂNĂSESCU, EUGENIA BĂLĂNESCU, P. BĂLĂNESCU, RUXANDRA PĂTRAŞCU, C. TĂNĂSESCU, Hepatitis C virus – mixed cryoglobulinemia – lymphoma relationship ............................................... 3 GH. GLUHOVSCHI, M. MODALCA, F. MĂRGINEANU, SILVIA VELCIOV, CRISTINA GLUHOVSCHI, F. BOB, LIGIA PETRICA, GH. BOZDOG, V. TRANDAFIRESCU, F. GĂDĂLEAN, Epidemiological data regarding Balkan endemic nephropathy in relationship with the Pliocene coal etiological hypothesis ......................................................... 11 MIHAELA GĂMAN, ANA-MARIA VLĂDĂREANU, SÎNZIANA RADESI, The implications of revised WHO classification (2008) of chronic myeloid neoplasms ......................................................................................................... 25 ORIGINAL ARTICLES R. ROŞU, L. MUREŞAN, M. ANDRONACHE, DANA POP, C. POP, MARIA PUŞCHIŢĂ, ADINA MĂLAI, G. GUŞEŢU, D. ZDRENGHEA, Correlations between the surface ECG and the intracavitary electrocardiogram in typical atrial flutter ................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 CLAUDIA BUZAŞ, OLIMPIA CHIRA, TEODORA MOCAN, MONICA ACALOVSCHI, Comparative study of gallbladder motility in patients with chronic HCV hepatitits and with HCV cirrhosis ........................................................................ 37 GIANINA MICU, FLORICA STĂNICEANU, SABINA ZURAC, ALEXANDRA BASTIAN, ELIZA GRĂMADĂ, CRISTIANA POPP, LUCIANA NICHITA, R. ANDREI, C. SOCOLIUC, ANCA ZAHARIA, C. LĂZĂROIU, R. MATEESCU, MĂDĂLINA MARINESCU, R. VOIOSU, The influence of Helicobacter pylori presence on the immunophenotype of inflammatory infiltrate in gastric diseases ..................................................................................... 45 INIMIOARA MIHAELA COJOCARU, M. COJOCARU, GABRIELA MIU, VIOLETA ŞAPIRA, Study of interleukin-6 production in Alzheimer’s disease .................................................................................................................................... 55 SILVIA VELCIOV, GH. GLUHOVSCHI, V. TRANDAFIRESCU, LIGIA PETRICA, GH. BOZDOG, CRISTINA GLUHOVSCHI, F. BOB, F. GĂDĂLEAN, M. BOBU, Specifics of the renal abscess in nephrology: observations of a clinic from a County Hospital in Western Romania .......................................................................................................... 59 CASE REPORTS VICTORIA ARAMĂ, DANIELA MUNTEANU, IOANA OLARU, MIHAELA RĂDULESCU, RALUCA MIHĂILESCU, ANA MARIA VLĂDĂREANU, MINODORA ONISÂI, ANAMARIA VINTILESCU, CAMELIA DOBRA, M. OLARIU, S.Ş. ARAMĂ, Reactivation of HBV infection in low grade lymphoma patient ......................................... 67 REVIEWS AND SYNTHESIS H. BĂLAN, ELENA POPESCU, GABRIELA ANGELESCU, Comparing different treatment schedules of Zomen (Zofenopril) ..... 75 ANDREEA-CORINA ROPOTEANU, The level of emotional intelligence for patients with bronchial asthma and a group psychotherapy plan in 7 steps ............................................................................................................................................ 85 LETTER TO THE EDITOR ANA MARIA VLĂDĂREANU, VERONICA VASILACHE, H. BUMBEA, MINODORA ONISÂI, Platelet dysfunction in acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes .............................................................................................................. 93 ROM. J. INTERN. MED., 2011, 49, 1, 1–96