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The use of an all oral chemotherapy (idarubicin and etoposide) in the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia in the elderly: a report of toxicity and efficacy
Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is predominantly a disease of the elderly but such patients are not always appropriate candidates for intensive intravenous (i.v.) based treatment regimens. The development of the...
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Stem cell transplantation for patients with Fanconi anemia with low-dose cyclophosphamide and antithymocyte globulins without the use of radiation therapy
In all, 22 patients with confirmed Fanconi anemia (FA) underwent stem cell transplantation (SCT) from HLA-matched, related donors at KFSHRC. Median age at SCT was 7.6 years (range, 2.5–14.6 years). Conditionin...
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The presence of a BCR-ABL mutant allele in CML does not always explain clinical resistance to imatinib
The expansion of a leukemia clone bearing a Bcr-Abl kinase domain mutation is associated with acquired resistance to imatinib and may also predict disease progression in patients with Philadelphia-positive chr...
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Blood pressure in relation to serum thyrotropin: the Tromsø study
It appears to be an association between hypothyroidism and hypertension. However, the relation between thyroid function and blood pressure within the normal serum thyrotropin (TSH) range is uncertain. In the f...
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Antiparasitic efficacy of Artemisia absinthium, toltrazuril and amprolium against intestinal coccidiosis in goats
Various anti-protozoal dugs have been popularly used in the treatment of goat coccidiosis; however, residual effects are well noticed in host animals. The present study was undertaken with the objective to eva...
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Open AccessRisk of malignant neoplasms in acromegaly: a case–control study
Acromegaly is a chronic disease resulting from pathological oversecretion of growth hormone and subsequently insulin growth factor-1. Several complications of the disease have been reported, including cardiova...