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Open AccessIncidence, course, and outcome of Clostridium difficile infection in children with hematological malignancies or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common causes of nosocomial infectious diarrhea in children during anticancer therapy or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Europ...
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Adoptive therapy with donor lymphocyte infusion after allogenic hematopoietic SCT in pediatric patients
The aim of this study was to analyse the experience of Polish Pediatric Group for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in respect to donor lymphocyte infusion procedure. The study included 51 pediatric pati...
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Consolidation of first-line therapy with busulphan and melphalan, and autologous stem cell rescue in children with Ewing’s sarcoma
According to the published report on current practice of hematopoietic SCT in Europe, high-dose therapy (HDT) with autologous stem cell support is a standard of care in paediatric patients with high risk (HR) ...
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Adipocytokines in sleep apnea syndrome
Biomarkers of adipose tissue may affect glucose and lipid metabolism and present pro-inflammatory properties, thus could be involved in the pathobiochemistry of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The coexistence of...
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Treatment for primary refractory Hodgkin's disease: a comparison of high-dose chemotherapy followed by ASCT with conventional therapy
Our previously published study showed promising results of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in patients with primary resistant Hodgkin's disease (HD). Probabilities of overall survival (OS) and prog...
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High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation is an effective treatment of primary refractory Hodgkin's disease. Retrospective study of the Polish Lymphoma Research Group
We analysed the treatment outcome of primary refractory HD patients managed with high-dose chemotherapy and haematopoietic cell transplantation. Data of 65 adult patients who underwent HDC/ASCT in nine Polish ...
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Atrial natriuretic peptide and cyclic guanosine monophosphate plasma concentrations in patients with thyrotoxicosis and atrial fibrillation. Effect of short — term methimazole therapy
Plasma immunoreactive atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and thyrotropin (TSH) concentrations were measured in 11 patients ...