the aim of this study was to determine the incidence and causes of fever as a major problem contributing to transplantation related mortality among patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct) and evaluation of antibiotic use, according to reliable guidelines.we retrospectively reviewed hospital records of 195 adult patients who underwent hsct between 2009-2011 at hematolo...

hallux valgus or the lateral deviation of the great toe is a complex disease. if it is not treated, it will cause the deviation of other toes. hallux valgus is three times more common in females and may cause uncomfortable deformity of the foot, problems in putting on unsuitable and narrow toe box shoes, and pain on the medial side of the first metatarsophalangeal joint; therefore, patients see...

migraine involves 5-10% of children and adolescents. thirty percent of children with severe migraine attacks have school absence and reduced quality of life that need preventive therapy. the purpose of this randomised control trial study is to compare the effectiveness, safety and the tolerability of pregabalin toward propranolol in migraine prophylaxis of children. from may 2011 to october 201...

objective(s):in this study, 166ho-1,2-propylene di-amino tetra(methy1enephosphonicacid) (166ho-pdtmp) complex  was prepared as a bone palliation agent. materials and methods:the complex was successfully prepared using an in-house synthesized edtmp ligand and 166hocl3. ho-166 chloride was obtained by thermal neutron irradiation (1 × 1013 n.cm-2.s-1) of natural ho(no3)3 samples  followed by radio...

background: we sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the different trade forms of streptokinase available in our country, namely heberkinasa (heberbiotec, havana, cuba) and streptase (aventis behring gmbh, marburg, germany). methods: we conducted a double-blind randomized clinical trial to compare the two streptokinase formulations, i.e. heberkinasa (hbk) or streptase (stp), in patients...

background: our study aimed at substantiating the recent claim of myo-cardial complications in severe malaria by experimentally inducing severe plasmodium falciparum infection in a humanized mouse model employed as human surrogate. methods: twenty five humanized mice were inoculated with standard in vitro cultured p. falciparum and blood extracts collected from the inner cardiac muscles of infe...

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maintenance treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (aml) in remission has recently been controversially discussed and even abandoned by several groups. an analysis of 16 published multicenter trials, however, revealed the highest probabilities of relapse free survival (rfs) in the range of 35-42 % at 4-5 years only in patients assigned to maintenance treatment when adult age and int...

abstract introduction & objective: enuresis is defined as involuntary voiding. it is a socially disruptive and stressful condition which affects around 15% of five years old children and up to 1% of adults. aim the aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of desmopressin (nasal spray) and oxybutinin combination therapy in treatment of patients with primary nocturnal enuresis that were resis...