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Streptozotocin (STZ) is used to induce diabetes in experimental animals. It has a variety of adverse effects, ranging from nausea, emesis, and weight loss to liver damage, renal failure, and metabolic acidosis. STZ also has effects on the immune system, being associated with lymphopenia in rodents,
A 39 year-old male with a history of diabetes, retinitis pigmentosa, and genital warts presented with intractable occipital headaches accompanied with nausea and vomiting. The patient had markedly depressed CD4 counts. Furthermore the patient tested negative for HIV and HTLV 1/2 and had normal
Background: We aimed to investigate clinical symptoms and epidemiologic features of emergency surgery patients infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). More than 5 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with
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During the swine influenza (H1N1) pandemic that began in 2009, many hospitalized adults had gastrointestinal symptoms. The most common symptoms associated with swine influenza (H1N1) were nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea. In the experience of the authors, swine influenza was not complicated
At the end of 2016, dimethyl fumarate (DMF) was approved as the sixth disease-modifying drug for multiple sclerosis by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Japan. Two randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III studies (DEFINE and CONFIRM) showed beneficial effects in patients in Western
During an open controlled study of 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (resistant forms) their lymph nodes were irradiated at a dose of 7.5 Gy. Clinical improvement, including reduced morning rigidity, the number of inflamed joints, and Riccis index, was noted shortly after therapy and 6 mos.
Sixteen patients with metastatic melanoma or metastatic renal cell carcinoma were treated with six weekly 24-hour infusions of recombinant interleukin-2. At least three patients were treated at each dose, beginning at 3.0 mU/m2 for 24 hours each week for 6 weeks. Subsequent patients were treated at
It has been reported that 7-ethyl-10-[4-(1-piperidino)-1-piperidino]carbonyloxy-camptothecin (CPT-11) and its active metabolite, 7-ethyl-10-hydroxy-camptothecin (SN-38), have absorption characteristics of weakly basic drugs, suggesting that alkalization of the intestinal lumen might reduce
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It is not known whether the currently available treatment regimen of interferon beta-1b (IFNbeta-1b) 250 microg provides the maximum benefit possible in the treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS), or whether higher doses of IFNbeta-1b will prove to be more
To identify parameters that may increase the likelihood of meningitis, and suggest a need for lumbar puncture (LP), in patients without meningeal irritation signs (MIS).We included consecutive adult patients who underwent LP in the emergency department (ED) BACKGROUND
Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is a rare condition in non-HIV patients. The clinical manifestations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are often confused with immunological activity, resulting in delayed diagnosis.
OBJECTIVE
We describe the natural history and outcome of
A 51-year-old man with Crohn's disease for 22 years presented with a dry cough, dyspnoea, fever and diarrhoea. He had steroid-resistant Crohn's disease. Because of nausea complaints, azathioprine was switched to methotrexate with concomitant infliximab induction therapy. During infliximab therapy,
Background Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway and angiogenesis through vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) have been shown to play important roles in prostate cancer progression. Preclinical data in prostate cancer has suggested the potential additive effect dual inhibition of VEGF
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a highly infectious disease with a significant morbidity and case fatality. The major clinical features include persistent fever, chills/rigor, myalgia, malaise, dry cough, headache and dyspnoea. Less common symptoms include sputum production, sore throat,
We carried out a multicenter dose-escalation phase I study of oral OPB-51602, a signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 phosphorylation inhibitor, in patients with relapsed or refractory hematological malignancies to evaluate the safety, maximum tolerated dose (MTD), pharmacokinetics, and