abstract: background : cyclic vomiting syndrome(cvs) is a disorder with dysmotility component and erythromycin is  a an antibiotic with prokinetic effect. this study aimed to evaluate the erythromycin efficacy in childhood cyclic vomiting syndrome methods : in this prospective study, 301 patients with final diagnosis of cvs enrolled in two separated groups. the first group received erythromycin...

Results: Response of skin warty lesions to treatment with intralesional 5-FU was as following: complete response was seen in 200 (80.0 %), partial response was seen in 37 (14.8 %) of cases and no response was recorded in 13 (5.2 %) of cases. There was no significant association between size of warty lesion and response to intralesional 5-FU (p = 0.154), but there was significant association bet...

Background: Topical immunotherapy with diphencyprone (DPCP) for the treatment of severe alopecia areata has been used since 1983 and is felt to be the treatment of choice for chronic extensive alopecia areata. Highly variable results have been reported. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the efficacy of DPCP in the treatment of chronic, extensive alopecia areata and to assess the...

Background: Various kinds of sensitizers are administrated foralopecia areata treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluatetreatment response to Dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB) in alopeciaareata patients.Method: In this study, 117 patients were treated with DNCBunder a specific checklist. All patients were sensitized with a 2%DNCB and then treated with ascending DNCB concentrations(0.001%-2%). R...

Background: Intrauterine infections (TORCH) lead to the involvement of various organs of the body of the fetus, including the eye. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and clinical response of eye lesions to specific drugs, in infants with confirmed TORCH induced ocular lesions. Methods: This historical cohort study from 2011 to 2017, had done in Pediatrics and Ophthalmology De...

conclusions: absence of the c allele was significantly associated with failure of response. the presence of c allele was associated with a favorable outcome. afp is a strong baseline predictor of hcv treatment response. a decision tree model is useful for predicting the probability of response to therapy. patients and methods: the study included 263 chronic hcv egyptian patients receiving peg-i...

objectives the main goal of the treatment of the hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is reduction and elimination of viruses as well as achieving high sustained viral response (svr). the present study aimed to assess response to treatment of hcv infection by focusing on virological and biochemical aspects. methods this study was performed in hamadan, iran on hcv infected patients who were referre...

Background and aim: Pentavalent antimony compounds are the first line treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Clinical resistance to pentavalent antimony in the form of meglumine antimoniate (Glucantime) has been recognized as a problem in leishmaniasis. Herein, clinical response to Glucantime were studied in patients suffered from cutaneous leishmaniasis.Materials and Methods: In a cross-sectio...