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Constructive influence of noise-flatness in correlation ratchets
The influence of noise-flatness on overdamped motion of Brownian particles in a 1D periodic system with a simple sawtooth potential subjected to both unbiased thermal noise and three-level telegraph noise is c...
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Zoledronic acid protects from local and systemic bone loss in tumor necrosis factor-mediated arthritis
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Zoledronic acid protects from local and systemic bone loss in TNF-mediated arthritis
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hemophilia 2001 — The Annual Survey of the Austrian Hemophilia Centers
Each year the Institute of Social Medicine of Vienna (ISM) organizes the annual survey of the Austrian Hemophilia Centers where the anonymous questionnaires from all collaborating centers are collected and ana...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Hemophilia 2000 — the Annual Survey of the Austrian Hemophilia Centers
The annual survey of the Austrian Hemophilia Centers is organized by the Institute of Social Medicine of the University of Vienna (ISM) and collects, analyzes and presents the anonymous questionnaires from all...
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Article
Low curative potential of bone marrow transplantation for highly aggressive acute myelogenous leukemia with inversion inv (3)(q21q26) or homologous translocation t(3;3) (q21;q26)
Structural rearrangements of the long arm of chromosome 3 involving bands 3q21 and 3q26 and leading either to a paracentric inversion inv (3)(q21q26) or a translocation between both homologous chromosomes – t...
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Quality of life outcomes after brachytherapy for early prostate cancer
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Long-term follow-up of patients after related- and unrelated-donor bone marrow transplantation for chronic myelogenous leukemia
Between January 1983 and December 1997, 88 patients (36 female, 52 male, median age 37 years, range 19–57) with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) at the...
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Pneumocystis cystoides intestinalis with pneumoperitoneum and pneumoretroperitoneum in a patient with extensive chronic graft-versus-host disease
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis is a rare finding of intramural gasfilled cysts in the bowel wall and sometimes free air in the abdomen. A few conditions are reported to cause this disease, one of them being i...
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Article
Anaplastic squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in a patient with chronic cutaneous graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
We describe an allogeneic bone marrow (BM) recipient who developed aggressive, metastasizing squamous cell cancer (SCC) of the skin, and discuss possible risk factors in the development of this secondary solid...
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Low transplant-related mortality in patients receiving unrelated donor marrow grafts for leukemia
Transplantation with unrelated donor (UD) marrow has been shown to potentially cure patients with leukemia. Between January 1991 and April 1998, 54 patients with leukemia have received an UD BMT at our institu...
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Effect of high-dose melphalan and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation on renal function in patients with multiple myeloma and renal insufficiency: a case report and review of the literature
Multiple myeloma with IgG-lambda monoclonal gammopathy and severe renal impairment with light-chain deposit disease was diagnosed in a 51-year-old man. Following conventional therapy with VAD (vincristine, ad...
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Article
Graft-versus-host disease following second syngeneic stem cell transplantation for relapsed chronic myeloid leukemia
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation is the only curative treatment for patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML); however, recurrence of disease remains a major cause of...
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Gastrointestinal perforation early after peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis
The morbidity and mortality of AL amyloidosis is caused by the deposition of Ig light chains as amyloid protein in vital organs. With conventional therapy median survival of patients with AL amyloidosis is 10–...
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Article
Bile duct adenocarcinoma mimicking veno-occlusive disease after autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute leukaemia
A 52-year-old female underwent autologous BMT because of acute myeloid leukaemia FAB M4 in second remission. Since the patient had no HLA-identical sibling she received a purged autologous BM transplant. On da...
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Successful management of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after high-dose chemotherapy and peripheral blood progenitor cell rescue by non-invasive ventilatory support
A 34-year-old man suffering from Hodgkin’s disease underwent high-dose chemotherapy (CBV) followed by transplantation of autologous peripheral blood stem cells. On day +6 after peripheral blood stem cell trans...
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Article
Leukemia-free survival and mortality in patients with refractory or relapsed acute leukemia given marrow transplants from sibling and unrelated donors
Between April 1982 and February 1997 39 patients (24 male, 15 female) with refractory acute leukemia and a median age of 31 years (19–51 years) received allogeneic marrow grafts from an HLA-identical sibling (n =...
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Article
Symmetrical necrosis of globus pallidus with severe gait disturbance in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome given allogeneic marrow transplantation
A 21-year-old Caucasian man received an allogeneic marrow transplant (BMT) from his HLA-identical brother because of myelodysplastic syndrome. He remained red blood cell (RBC) transfusion dependent with persi...
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Excellent long-term survival after allogeneic marrow transplantation in patients with severe aplastic anemia
Between 1982 and 1996, 20 patients (10 male, 10 female) with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) with a median age of 25 years (17–37 years), received grafts from an HLA-identical sibling (n = 17), HLA-identical unrelat...
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Long-term leukemia-free survival after allogeneic marrow transplantation in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia
Between February 1982 and April 1995, 62 patients (37 male, 25 female) with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) with a median age of 32 years (19–51 years) received allogeneic marrow grafts from an HLA-identical ...
