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Treatment of Leukemia by Alloreactive Lymphocytes and Nonmyeloablative Stem Cell Transplantation
Allogeneic bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation (BMT) represents an important therapeutic tool for treatment of otherwise incurable malignant and nonmalignant diseases, especially acute and chronic l...
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Nonmyeloablative stem cell transplantation for the treatment of cancer and life-threatening nonmalignant disorders: past accomplishments and future goals
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) or blood stem cell transplantation represents an important therapeutic tool for the treatment of otherwise incurable malignant and nonmalignant diseases. Until rec...
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Impaired liver function tests in patients treated with antithymocyte globulin: Implication for liver transplantation
Antithymocyte globulin (ATG) is traditionally used as a conventional immunosuppression agent in various pathological states including severe aplastic anaemia (SAA), graft versus host disease (GVHD), and for th...
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The anti-emetic efficacy and tolerability of tropisetron in patients conditioned with high-dose chemotherapy (with and without total body irradiation) prior to bone marrow transplantation
Nausea and vomiting are among the most distressing side-effects of chemoradiotherapy. Conditioning protocols for patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation consist of highly emetogenic high-dose chemother...
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Intracranial haematomas following bone marrow transplantation
Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) is a known grave complication of leukaemia and has been described post mortem following bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Ante mortem following BMT, the incidence and significan...
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Superoxide dismutase inhibits radiation-induced lung injury in hamsters
An animal model of pulmonary radiation-induced lung injury was established in the hamster and the effects of pretreatment with recombinant human CuZn superoxide dismutase (SOD) on the development of the lesion...
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Hairy cell leukemia associated with carcinoma: Report of two patients and review of the literature
The association of carcinoma and hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in two patients is recorded. One of the cases was a 58-year-old male who developed carcinoma of the kidney, while the second patient was a 48-year-old...
