Initial treatment of aggressive lymphoma with high-dose chemotherapy and autologus stem-cell support
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A comparative study was conducted among the patients suffering from aggressive lymphoma by giving the patients two different treatments, namely the CHOP treatment and high-dose chemotherapy along with stem cell transplantation. The results indicated that among the more serious patients, the five year survival rate was higher for those treated with high dose chemotherapy with autologus stem cell support than those treated with CHOP therapy.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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Human botulism globulin for the treatment of infant botulism
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The orphan drug, Human Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) (BIG-IV) that neutralizes botulinum toxin is created and its safety and efficacy in treating infant botulism, the intestinal-toxemia form of human botulism was evaluated. The treatment of infant botulism was safe and effective in shortening the length and cost of the hospital stay and severity of the illness.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2006
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Pemberton's sign
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A 58-year-old lady was suffering from goiter for the past 20 years but had developed some complications and so a computed tomography of the neck was conducted. The results showed that the large multinodular goiter had extended into the anterior superior mediastinum, which caused compression and deviation of the trachea, hence the situation is called the Pemberton's sign.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2004
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