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Evid Based Complement Alternat Med
November 2022
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) pars compacta. Dopamine (DA) replacement therapy is one of the most effective drug treatments for PD; however, long-term levodopa treatment can lead to various side effects that negatively impact the quality of life of patients. Therefore, finding safe and effective alternative drugs to treat PD is of clinical importance.
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April 2011
Klinika Onkologii i Hematologii Dzieciecej, PA Instytut Pediatrii UJ CM, Kraków.
Currently over 90% of children and adolescents with Hodgkin's disease (HD) can be cured thanks to use of multidrug chemotherapy (CT) combined with involved-field radiotherapy (IF-RT). However, the intensive treatment may increase the risk of late complications which may impair the patients' quality of life. In order to decrease the incidence of late complications the protocol with limited use of IF-RT was introduced in centers of Polish Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Group (PPLLSG).
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November 2010
Department of General and Clinical Anatomy, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
Several reports indicate that lungs are the extralymphatic site most commonly affected in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma; however, the data in children are rather limited. This retrospective study aimed to assess the frequency, clinical picture, and the impact on prognosis in children with pulmonary Hodgkin lymphoma, who were diagnosed and treated in a single center during a 10-year period. Pulmonary lesions related to HL: nodules and parenchymal infiltrates with cavitations were found in 3 of 32 (9.
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September 2009
Uniwersytecki Dzieciecy Szpital Kliniczny w Białymstoku, Klinika Onkologii i Hematologii Dzieciecej, ul. Waszyngtona 17, 15-274 Białystok, Poland.
Purpose: Complete treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) may disturb functioning of different organs leading to deteriorated quality of future life. Endocrine complications are one of the most common and may be the result of radiotherapy of neck, mediastinal and infradiaphragmatic regions, as well as chemotherapy, especially with alkylating agents. The aim of our study was to analyse gonadal and thyroid disturbances in young adults after the treatment for HL in childhood.
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May 2007
Klinika Pediatrii, Hematologii, Onkologii i Endokrynologii, Akademia Medyczna, ul. Debinki 7, 80-211 Gdańsk, Poland.
Unlabelled: The cure rate in children with Hodgkin's disease (HD), at present time exceeds 90% but the prognosis in stage IV HD is much worse. THE AIM of the study was to analyze the initial symptoms, course and results of oncological therapy in children with stage IV of Hodgkin's disease.
Material And Methods: The analyzed group comprised of 15 patients with IV stage HD (M/F: 11/4, mean age: 12 years), treated from January 1993 to March 2005, in two Polish centres of paediatric oncology in Gdansk and Lublin.
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