Fibrinolytic capacity in hemodialysis patients treated with recombinant human erythropoietin.

A major adverse effect of recombinant human erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) in hemodialyzed patients are thrombotic events. Several reports on platelet function during r-HuEPO treatment have been published but less is known about fibrinolysis. In the present study, the fibrinolytic capacity was studied in 20 patients on maintenance hemodialysis and treated with r-HuEPO.

The effect of L-glutamine and sodium intake in cystinuric patients.

Four patients with cystinuria were studied to assess the effect of L-glutamine and sodium on the urinary excretion of dibasic amino acids. L-Glutamine 2.1 g/d and sodium about 300 mmol/d were given for three weeks, after which L-glutamine 2.

Extramedullary solitary plasmocytoma at the uterine cervix as a cause of postcoital bleeding.

A 34-year-old woman with postcoital bleeding due to an extra-medullary solitary plasmocytoma at the uterine cervix is presented. The condition is very rare--only 4 cases have been described in the literature. The patient was treated with conization, and no sign of local recurrence or generalized disease appeared during a 3-year follow-up period.