Prediction of nucleated cells in bone marrow stem cell products by donor characteristics: a retrospective single centre analysis.

Background And Objectives: Number of total nucleated cells is an important prognostic factor of unrelated bone marrow transplantation. The objective of our study was to further optimize donor selection by finding donor characteristics which predict the total nucleated cell concentration in unrelated bone marrow products.

Material And Methods: Data were collected retrospectively from the pre-donation medical records.

Evaluation of sedative effects of single and repeated doses of 50 mg and 150 mg tolperisone hydrochloride. Results of a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Sedative effects of single and repeated doses of 50 mg and 150 mg tolperisone hydrochloride (Mydocalm), a centrally active muscle-relaxing agent, were evaluated in a placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial. A total of 72 healthy young adults balanced by sex were randomized to receive 50 mg or 150 mg tolperisone hydrochloride or placebo t.i.

Phytopharmaceutical and synthetic agents in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

At present, a number of plant extracts and synthetic agents are available for the drug treatment of symptomatic BPH. In Germany, phytotherapeutic agents represent the therapeutic standard in the early stages of BPH. By now, the clinical efficacy of phytopharmaceuticals has been demonstrated in placebo-controlled studies as well as in prospective long-term studies in an extensive patient population.

Long-term drug treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia - results of a prospective 3-year multicenter study using Sabal extract IDS 89.

A 3-year prospective multicenter study on Sabal extract IDS 89 was carried out to evaluate its potential and limitations as phytotherapy in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The results obtained from 435 patients confirm its sustained therapeutic efficacy. A marked symptomatic improvement, that included a 50% reduction in residual urine and a 6.

Unrelated bone marrow transplantation as a rescue procedure following inadvertent loss of an autologous bone marrow graft.

We report a 27-year-old male patient with acute myeloid leukaemia who was successfully treated with an unrelated bone marrow graft within 7 days following the loss of his autologous bone marrow graft. Several factors were found to be essential in order to locate an HLA-ABDR (DRB1)DQ(DQB1) identical, sex-matched, CMV-negative and ABO compatible donor within a week. These included a common HLA phenotype of the patient, the presence of an experienced donor registry in close proximity to a blood bank associated with an HLA laboratory, a large donor file with fully HLA-ABDR typed donors and the almost exclusive use of blood bank donors as potential bone marrow donors.