Long-term response to deferiprone therapy in Asian Indians

Key Issues in Designing Long-term Care Systems: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Long term response to steroid therapy in Rasmussen encephalitis

Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a severe and progressive focal epilepsy of unknown origin that leads to deterioration of motor and cognitive function. In a previous study, we described positive effect of high doses of steroids during the first year after the onset of RE. The objective of this study was to evaluate this therapy at long term. We reviewed 11 patients (7 girls and 4 boys) with RE of...

Long -Term Outcome Therapy of Toxic Diffuse Goiter in Tehran

SUMMARY In order to evaluate the long-ter m effects of antithyroids and ahlative therapy on patients with toxic diffuse goiter (TDG) in an iodine deficient region, 206 patients were studied in Tehran. Hyperthyroidism recurred in 50%, of 80 patients treated with Methimazole (MMI), from one week to 48 months after cessation of therapy. Another 40 patients remained in remission. Of 102 patients t...

Safety and effectiveness of long-term therapy with the oral iron chelator deferiprone.

The identification of a safe, orally active iron chelator is critically important for the prevention of morbidity and early death in patients receiving regular red cell transfusions. Based on our findings in a 1-year multicenter, prospective study of the safety and efficacy of deferiprone in patients with thalassemia major, we have extended the treatment period to 4 years. The mean dose of the ...

virological response and muscular adverse events during long-term clevudine therapy in chronic hepatitis b patients

background recently, several reports issued clevudine induced myopathy in the long term use. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate antiviral effects and adverse events of clevudine monotherapy in patients with chronic hepatitis b (chb). patients and methods the subjects were 110 treatment-naïve chb patients. they were treated with 30 mg clevudine/day for more than six months. viro...