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Am J Case Rep
March 2019
Osteopathic Medical Student, University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, KY, USA.
BACKGROUND Sarcomas account for less than 1% of all cancers. Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma, formerly called Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma, is a rare subtype identified by a lack specific immunohistochemical markers for a specific lineage of differentiation. These soft tissue tumors are aggressive and rapidly enlarge.
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January 2017
National Research Center for Hematology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
The paper describes 4 cases of laparoscopic splenectomy in pregnant women with immune thrombocytopenic purpura. No complications of surgery were noted in all the patients. The postoperative period was marked by sustained clinical and hematological remission that made it possible to discontinue prednisolone therapy and to ensure an uncomplicated course of pregnancy and labor.
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August 2015
Department of Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Objective: To study the effects of hemoperfusion treatment on serum interleukin-17 (IL-17) and IL-23 levels in children with Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP).
Methods: Eighty-seven children who were diagnosed with HSP and who had received hemoperfusion treatment between January 2011 and December 2012 were enrolled. Twenty-seven sex- and age-matched healthy children were recruited as normal controls.
Clin Chim Acta
January 2015
MOH Key Lab of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Jiangsu Institute of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital, the Cyrus Tang Hematology Center, and the Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China. Electronic address:
Background: Autoantibodies against platelet glycoproteins (GPs) play an important role in immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). This study was to develop an improved flow cytometric immunobead array (FCIA) assay to detect platelet autoantibodies in ITP patient plasma.
Methods: Plasma samples were isolated from 71 ITP patients and 136 non-ITP controls and incubated with platelets from normal individuals.
J Med Case Rep
January 2013
Department of Nephrology, University of Queensland at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.
Introduction: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis has been associated with many drugs and it is a relatively rare side effect of the antihypertensive drug hydralazine. The diagnosis and management of patients who have anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis may be challenging because of its relative infrequency, variability of clinical expression and changing nomenclature. The spectrum of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis is wide and can be fatal.
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