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Chapter and Conference Paper
Preliminary Results of Treatment with Itraconazole in Patients with Systemic Fungal Infections
Patients with acute leukemias undergo a high risk of lethal systemic fungal infections during prolonged periods of granulocytopenia. While amphotericin B is still the most effective antimycotic drug, its use i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of Infusion Time on the Acute Toxicity of Amphotericin B: Results of a Randomized Double-Blind Study
Despite the development of several new antifungal drugs, intravenous amphotericin B (amB) is still considered the drug of choice for the treatment of severe systemic fungal infections in immunocompromised pati...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Regulation of Erythropoietin Production in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Preleukemic syndromes or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) comprise a heterogeneous group of acquired bone marrow disorders, probably resulting from malignant transformation of a multipotent hematopoietic stem c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Incidence and Severity of Amphotericin B-induced Acute Toxicity in Leukemic Patients After Treatment with Three Different Formulations (Amphotericin B, AmBisome and Amphotericin B/lntralipid) — A Pilot Study
Intravenous amphotericin B (AmB) is the most potent drug for treatment of systemic fungal infections in leukemic patients. However, use of this drug is often limited by renal side effects and acute toxicity (f...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Involvement of ICE-Like Proteases in Gemcitabine-Induced Programmed Cell Death
Activation of ICE-like-protease cascade is a crucial step in Fas/APO-1 (CD95) induced apoptosis in different cell lines. Here we determined the role of interleukin-1 ß-converting enzyme (ICE) and CPP32/YAMA in...