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The need for endodontic treatment and systemic characteristics of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients

Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the epidemiological and clinical profiles of patients before and after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and the need for endodontic treatment. The subjects included 188 individuals enrolled in the dental care program ...

Características del Primer Hemograma, al Momento del Diagnóstico de Leucemia Linfoblástica Aguda, en los Niños del Instituto del Cáncer Solca-Cuenca
Characteristics of the First Hemogram, at the Time of Diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, in Children of the Solca-Cuenca Cancer Institute

ANTECEDENTES: La Leucemia Linfoblástica Aguda (LLA) es el tipo de cáncer más común en los niños, que afec-ta la sangre y la médula ósea como consecuencia de la proliferación clonal anormal de un grupo celular y que, a diferencia de lo que se cree, no siempre debuta con leucocitosis (Glóbulos Bla...

Alemtuzumab in refractory Sézary syndrome

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5), 2016
Abstract: Sézary syndrome is a primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma characterized by the triad of erythroderma, lymphadenopathy and circulating atypical cells. The emergence of new molecular targets has enabled the development of drugs such as alemtuzumab, an anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody, which has shown ...

Analysis of the albumin level, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, and platelet-lymphocyte ratio in Guillain-Barré syndrome

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (9), 2016
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of the pretreatment and post-treatment albumin level, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in subtypes of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). A retrospective analysis of 62 patients with GBS treated b...

Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, a biomarker in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: a single-institutional longitudinal study

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Bladder cancer represents one of the most important clinical challenges in urologic practice. In this context, inflammation has an important role in the development and progression of many malignancies. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic value of pre-t...

Significant associations between C-reactive protein levels, body adiposity distribution and peripheral blood cells in school-age children

Invest. clín; 57 (2), 2016
Obesity is associated with a state of chronic low-grade inflammation. Generally, there are significant correlations between body mass index and increased C-reactive protein levels. We investigated the relationship of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels with body adiposity distribution and ...

Manifestaciones clínicas y hallazgos de laboratorio de una serie de casos febriles agudos con diagnóstico presuntivo de infección por el virus dengue. Quindío (Colombia)

Infectio; 20 (2), 2016
Objetivo: Describir las manifestaciones clínicas y hallazgos de laboratorio de una serie de casos febriles agudos con diagnóstico presuntivo de infección por el virus dengue. en Quindío (Colombia). Materiales y métodos: Se realizó un estudio de corte transversal, en pacientes con sospecha clínica ...

Desarrollo y validación de un modelo predictor para bacteriemia en pacientes hospitalizados por el servicio de urgencias con sospecha de infección

Rev. chil. infectol; 33 (2), 2016
Background: Positive blood cultures usually indicate disseminated infection that is associated with a poor prognosis and higher mortality. We seek to develop and validate a predictive model to identify factors associated with positive blood cultures in emergency patients. Methods: Secondary analysis of d...