abstract objective fever and neutropenia are a common complication of chemotherapy in cancer. it is usually managed by hospitalization and empiric administration of antibiotics. use of fluroquinolones is limited because of joint/cartilage toxicity. this study attempted to compare the efficacy of oral ciprofloxacin with intravenous ceftazidim in low risk febrile neutropenic lymphocytic leukemia....

introduction campylobacter jejuni is a slender, motile, non-spore-forming, helical-shaped, gram-negative bacterium. it is one of the most common causes of human gastroenteritis in the world. the aim of this study was to present a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia (all), who was infected with campylobacter jejuni. conclusions c. jejuni should be considered in the differential diagnosis as ...

it has recently been shown that ror1, a member of the receptor tyrosine kinase family, is overexpressed in leukemic b cells of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) and a subset of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all). in this comparative study the expression profile of ror1 mrna was investigated in iranian patients with cll and acute myelogenous leukemia (aml) and the results were compared with tho...

background: the present study was aimed to examine the possible association between methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (mthfr) gene polymorphisms and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) in a sample of iranian population. subjects and methods: a total of 220 subjects including 100 children diagnosed with all and 120 healthy children participated in the case-control study. the single n...

fuzzy expert systems are one of the most practical intelligent models with the high potential for managing uncertainty associated to the medical diagnosis. in this paper, a fuzzy inference system (fis) for diagnosing of acute lymphocytic leukemia in children has been introduced. the fuzzy expert system applies mamdani reasoning model that has high interpretability to explain system results to e...

introduction: osteoprotegerin (opg), a soluble decoy receptor secreted by osteoblasts, binds rank-l, preventing stimulation of osteoclastogenesis. in the present study we aimed to investigate the impact of opg variants and susceptibility to childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (all) in a sample of iranian population. methods: this case-control study was done on 98 all and 124 healthy children. ...

background among all pediatric cancers acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) is highly prevalent, butthe overall cost of all management is not well-known, there is a need to assess the berlin-frankfurt-munster (bfm) protocol commonly used in all management in iran. so, the aim of this study was to estimate direct and indirect costs of all treatment among children based on the all-bfm protocol from...

associations of some hematological and lymphatic diseases with sex and abo and rh blood groups were studied in 2579 patients, compared with a control group of 126332 individuals, by the use of clinical as well as laboratory findings, in tehran. highly significant increase of male/female ratio is shown in acute myelogenous leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, aplas...

Background: Leukemia is one of the major causes of mortality and disability and the seventh most prevalent cancer worldwide. It has various effects on different aspects of physical, psychological, reproductive, social, and economic performance of human life. This study compared the quality of life of patients with different types of leukemia hospitalized in Ayatollah Khansari Hospital in Arak- ...

Concurrent development of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and chronic lymphocytic (CLL) is very rare. We present a case simultaneous CLL AML in patient with no prior exposure to cytotoxic agents or irradiation.