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Open AccessFactors affecting early identification of pregnant women by community health workers in Morogoro, Tanzania
It is recommended that Antenatal Care (ANC) be initiated within the first trimester of pregnancy for essential interventions, such folic acid supplementation, to be effective. In Tanzania, only 24% of mothers ...
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Autologous transplantation for relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma using intravenous busulfan and cyclophosphamide as conditioning regimen: a single center experience
High-dose chemotherapy with autologous SCT has become standard of care for patients with relapsed aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). To improve safety and efficacy of this treatment, new conditioning reg...
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Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) presenting with an acquired lupus anticoagulant
There are few reports describing the association between antiphospholipid antibodies, including the lupus anticoagulant, and bone marrow or peripheral stem cell transplantation. Autoimmune syndromes and autoan...
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Interleukin-2 therapy for advanced chronic myeloid leukemia
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is usually treated with either alpha-interferon or hydrea. Median survival is 6 years. Eventually, in most CML patients, the disease evolves to blast phase with clinical and morp...
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Interleukin-2 and leukemia
Leukemia has been treated with chemotherapy for the past 40 years with only moderate success. A growing body of evidence suggests that by augmenting the immune system more effective results may be obtained. Th...
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Analysis of the value of empiric vancomycin administration in febrile neutropenia occurring after autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplants
We conducted a retrospective review of 125 patients undergoing high-dose therapy and stem cell rescue in order to evaluate the incidence of documented infection and the utility of the administration of vancomy...