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Primary bone marrow B-cell non-hodgkin's lymphoma successfully treated with R-CHOP

West Indian med. j; 62 (1), 2013
Primary isolated bone marrow disease as a presenting feature of lymphoma is very rare. We describe the case of a Chinese with isolated bone marrow small B-cell lymphoma as a first manifestation. A 55-year old woman was admitted to our hospital with fever. Her peripheral blood smear and laboratory finding...

Capgras syndrome presenting in an adolescent girl in the Caribbean

West Indian med. j; 62 (1), 2013
The case of a 16-year old Jamaican girl who presented to the psychiatric service of a general hospital with features of Capgras syndrome is presented. Her history, treatment, progress and relevant psychodynamic and neurocognitive issues are explored. This is the first known published case of an adolescen...

Pegvisomanto para o tratamento da acromegalia

CONTEXTO: A acromegalia é uma doença rara, debilitante e desfigurante, decorrente do excesso de produção do hormônio do crescimento (GH) e, consequentemente, do fator de crescimento semelhante à insulina (insulin-like growth factor I - IGF-I), que leva a um crescimento excessivo do esqueleto e dos...

Mesilato de imatinibe para quimioterapia adjuvante do tumor do estroma gastrointestinal

INTRODUÇÃO: Os tumores do estroma gastrointestinal (“gastrointestinal stromal tumors” – GIST) são neoplasias raras, tipicamente subepiteliais. Compreendem vários subtipos molecularmente distintos de sarcomas que coletivamente representam os tumores mesenquimais mais comuns do trato gastrointest...

Evaluación de la calidad de revisiones sistemáticas publicadas y disponibles sobre la eficacia terapéutica de la moxibustión (directa e indirecta): revisión sistemática de revisiones sistemáticas

Antecedentes: Las revisiones sistemáticas (RS) sobre la eficacia de las intervenciones en salud son consultadas frecuentemente para apoyar la toma de decisiones en salud, al ser de la más alta evidencia, para la Medicina Basada en la Evidencia (MBE). La moxibustión es una intervención terapéutica de...

Insulin analogues versus human insulin in type 1 diabetes: direct and indirect meta-analyses of efficacy and safety

Braz. j. pharm. sci; 49 (3), 2013
All patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) receive insulin therapy. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy, safety and tolerability of human insulin and insulin analogues. We performed a systematic review of the literature and a meta-analysis according to the Cochrane Collaboration methodology. In the ab...

The treatment of personality disorder in Jamaica with psychohistoriographic brief psychotherapy

West Indian med. j; 62 (5), 2013
OBJECTIVE: To assess the clinical outcome of patients with personality disorder, receiving treatment with psychohistoriographic brief psychotherapy (PBP). METHOD: Patients seen in the author's private practice from 1974 - 2010 with a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, tex...

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in a cohort of HIV-positive women at the University Hospital of the West Indies: management and outcome

West Indian med. j; 62 (4), 2013
OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of recurrence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in HIVpositive women evaluated at the University H ospital of the West Indies (UHWI). METHOD: A chart review of all non-pregnant HIV-positive women who attended the gynaecologic and colposcopic clinics between Janu...

Efectos pleiotrópicos de los antagonistas del receptor tipo 1 de angiotensina II
Pleiotropic effects of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers

VozAndes; 24 (1-2), 2013
Patologías como la hipertensión, diabetes mellitus, infarto de miocardio y enfermedad cerebrovascular constituyen actualmente la principal causa de mortalidad incluso en varios países en vías de desarrollo. La efcacia de los inhibidores de la enzima conversora de angiotensina (IECAs) es bien conocida...

Informe de evaluación rápida de tecnología sobre seguridad y efectividad de la imiglucerasa para enfermedad de Gaucher tipo I
Rapid evaluation report of technology on the safety and effectiveness of imiglucerase for Gaucher disease type I

La Enfermedad de Gaucher es la enfermedad más común de depósito lisosomal, pertenece al grupo de enfermedades catalogadas como errores innatos del metabolismo y se trasmite por herencia autosómica recesiva. (1) Se caracteriza por la presencia de mutaciones patológicas en los genes que codifican la e...