Decitabine is an effective treatment of idiopathic myelofibrosis

Thalidomid in Idiopathic Myelofibrosis

Idiopathic myelofibrosis without dacryocytes.

Idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF) typically presents with marrow fibrosis, splenomegaly, progressive anemia, and a leukoerythroblastic blood smear with dacryocytes. We present a patient with IMF who did not have dacryocytes.

Danazol treatment of idiopathic myelofibrosis with severe anemia.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Severe anemia is an important problem in patients with idiopathic myelofibrosis (IM). When other therapeutic measures are unsuccessful or not applicable, 40-50% favorable responses are obtained with androgen therapy. Oxymetholone is the drug usually employed, but good results have also been reported with danazol, although the experience is limited to a few patients. The...

Is Garlic Necklace Effective in the Treatment of Neonatal Jaundice

Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is a prevalent clinical problem which affects 60% of term and 80% of preterm neonates. Garlic is the most well-known remedy used in Iraq for the treatment of jaundice. To test the effectiveness of garlic necklace in the treatment of neonatal jaundice.Methods: This cohort study was conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of Al Zahraa Teaching Hos...

Idiopathic myelofibrosis mimicking hemolytic anemia

Correspondence: Dr. Reetu Baral, MD Department of pathology, KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: [email protected] Idiopathic Myelofibrosis is an infrequent chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by varying degrees of bone marrow fibrosis and extra medullary hematopoiesis, with the fibrosis being a reactive phenomenon to a neoplastic proliferation of a pluripotent hemato...