We investigated whether a 1-week stay in the mountains may have positive impact on Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB) and cardiorespiratory endurance asthmatic children from an urban area. Spirometry was performed before 10 min after 20 m shuttle run test (20mSRT) first seventh day of summer asthma camp Italian Alps at 900 altitude. z-scores were derived Global Lung Initiative 2012 pred...

Standardized treatments for indolent B cell lymphoma primarily consisting of follicular lymphoma (FL) and for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) have yet to be established. Here the Hokuriku Hematology Oncology Study Group conducted a multicenter prospective study to investigate the efficacy and safety of a combination regimen of rituximab, cladribine, mitoxantrone, and dexamethasone (R-CMD) in indolen...

BACKGROUND Clinics often encounter neurologically intact patients who are unable to swallow pills. All of the interventions published previously have used traditional behavioural techniques, which are time consuming and often not helpful. OBJECTIVE To determine whether children who had never been able to swallow a whole pill could become successful as a result of an intervention based on head...