from 1365 to 1382, 205 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) were refered to our center. 160 cases achived complete remission and entered our clinical trial of cns relapse which were under consideration. the patients included 98 men and 62 women with an average age of 32 years (range 4-61 years). 160 of 205 cases had complete remission with a rate about 78%.the latter group was entered in...

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conclusions there is no significant difference between monotherapy with desmopressin, imipramine or oxybutynin in children with enuresis. however, oxybutynin showed a higher response rate and a lower relapse rate compared to other medications. more clinical trials with a larger sample size are needed to clarify these uncertainties. results children in the oxybutynin group showed a slightly high...

we aimed to compare the therapeutic effect of avonex (av), betaferon (be) & rebif (re) on the expanded disability status scale (edss) in multiple sclerosis (ms). ninety patients referring to farshchian hospital were entered in this study. the patients were divided into three equal groups: group 1 received av, group 2 received re and group 3 received be, and after 24 months, comparison was done ...

Most current references recommend divided doses of prednisolone for the initial treatment of idiopathic minimal change nephrotic syndrome in children, with relapse occuring in the majority of them, but there is little experience concerning single-dose prednisolone therapy, especially considering the relapse rate. In this prospective study on 36 consecutive children with primary nephrotic s...

conclusions according to our findings, supplementing drug abuse treatment with cognitive behavior therapy, particularly pse, can reduce relapse rate and enhance self efficacy and self esteem among patients. objectives the current study attempted to clarify the effects of problem solving education (pse) on relapse rate, self efficacy and self esteem among drug abusers. patients and methods this ...

corticosteroid resistant and dependent nephrotic syndrome in children is a challenge and there are some difficulties in treating such patients. we reviewed the current studies that evaluated therapeutic role of a relatively new immunosuppressive drug “rituximab” in reducing proteinuria and reduction of relapse rate in less than 16 year old patients with non-responsive or steroid dependent nephr...

BACKGROUND We examined relapse after response to a first episode of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. METHODS Patients with first-episode schizophrenia were assessed on measures of psychopathologic variables, cognition, social functioning, and biological variables and treated according to a standardized algorithm. The sample for the relapse analyses consisted of 104 patients who resp...