Clinical manifestations of sixteen children and teenagers exposed to chemical warfare in Halabje are presented. 15 patients complained of burning of skin. Dry coughing was present in 13 subjects. The most frequent signs were conjunctivitis, skin erythema, edema of the eyelids, hyperpigmentation, ulceration, erosion, dyspnea, closure ofthe eyes, blisters, edema of the skin, and crepitation ...

BACKGROUND Antipsychotic drug treatment can potentially lead to adverse events such as leukopenia and neutropenia. Although these events are rare, they represent serious and life-threatening hematological side effects. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case study of a patient with schizoaffective disorder in a 50-year-old woman. We report a case of paliperidone extended-release (ER)-induced leuk...

Colchicine-induced leukopenia usually occurrs in intentional or accidental overdoses or inappropriate use in combination with intravenous and oral colchine; however, there have been several reports of hematologic toxicity in short-term and small-dose colchicine medication courses. We present two cases of leukopenia induced by colchicine use concurrent with immunosuppressants in Behçet's disease...

BACKGROUND Necrotizing pneumonia attributed to Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive Staphylococcus aureus has mainly been reported in otherwise healthy children and young adults, with a high mortality rate. Erythroderma, airway bleeding, and leukopenia have been shown to be predictive of mortality. The objectives of this study were to define the characteristics of patients with severe leukopeni...

Administration of L-cysteine hydrochloride to animals prior to the injection of nitrogen mustard (HN2) modifies the severe leukopenia characteristically induced by HN2 (1). However, if the L-cysteine hydrochloride is administered after HN2, even immediately, the leukopenia is not modified. It has not been demonstrated whether the effect of L-cysteine depends upon the presence of certain groups ...

A young patient with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) developed leukopenia each time she took colchicine. However, when she discontinued the drug the white cell and the platelets counts increased but she experienced FMF attacks. Later it was found that the patient also had concomitant cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. This complex situation posed several diagnostic and therapeutic issues conce...

clinical manifestations of sixteen children and teenagers exposed to chemical warfare in halabje are presented. 15 patients complained of burning of skin. dry coughing was present in 13 subjects. the most frequent signs were conjunctivitis, skin erythema, edema of the eyelids, hyperpigmentation, ulceration, erosion, dyspnea, closure ofthe eyes, blisters, edema of the skin, and crepitation in bo...

Title. Chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression lowers the quality of life in breast cancer patients and causes many complications. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a widely used complementary and alternative medicine therapies. Objective. To study whether TCM can reduce the incidence of chemotherapy-induced leukopenia, neutropenia, and febrile neutropenia (FN) in breast cancer patients. Meth...