introduction: the traditional goal of the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia is to produce and maintain a complete remission (cr).the difference in survival time was entirely attributable to the duration of time spent in cr .in this study, the outcome of aml patients with allogeneic hsct in cr1 versus other than cr1 was compared. patients and methods: since march 1991 until november 2008, ...

post-remission treatment in patients with acute myeloid leukemia is still controversial. one potent choice for patients with no donor available is autologous stem cell transplantation. the median follow-up period was 18 months and the median age was 26 years old. in the review of 116 recently diagnosed aml patients (except aml- m3) who underwent autologous stem cell transplantation, 72.4% of pa...

introduction: arsenic trioxide is effective and approved for treatment of relapsed or refractory apl cases to atra but its effects in new cases of apl is not clear and needs long term follow up to dis close the role of this drug in treatment of apl in combination with chemotherapy/atra or alone. material and methods: we studied 111cases of apl (94 new case and 17 relapsed) diagnosed by mor phol...

Background and Aim: Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) accounts for 10%-20% of all cases of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. These patients are at risk of developing end-stage renal disease. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic characteristics, renal biopsy findings, response to immunosuppressive treatment, and prognosis in pediatric patients with SRNS.Materials and Met...

Six patients with disseminated Hodgkin's disease resistant to MOPP (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisolone), and ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine) chemotherapy were treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous marrow transplantation. The patients first underwent marrow aspiration and storage for subsequent autologous bone marrow transplant...