efficacy op cyclosporine in treatment of refractory ulcerative colitis

Ustekinumab for Refractory Colitis Two patients in whom severe refractory autoimmune colitis developed after cancer treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors had a response to course of subcuta...

BACKGROUND A subset of myasthenia gravis (MG) patients is refractory to standard therapies. Identifying the characteristics of this population is essential as newer treatment strategies emerge that may be more effective in this group. OBJECTIVE The aim of our study is to describe the clinical features of refractory MG patients and compare them to those of non-refractory patients. METHODS A ...

Abstract: Efforts have been carried out in order to use microsilica to develop a forsterite bond rather than other types of binders in the basic refractory castables. According to the higher drying rate and sinterability of colloidal silica, it has been proposed in the recent years. In the present work, effects of replacement of microsilica by colloidal silica evolution of forsterite bond have ...

background: enhanced external counterpulsation (eecp) is a noninvasive technique used for patients with refractory angina pectoris. there are controversial data on the effectiveness of eecp in improving patients with refractory stable angina. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of eecp for the treatment of patients with refractory angina pectoris. methods: ...

Iran’s Sarcheshmeh copper industries with an annual production of 120,000 tones are the biggest of it’s kind in South Asia. The main method of production is pyrometallurgical matte making in two reverberatory furnaces which use direct–bond magnesite-chromite refractories supplied by German and Austrian companies. Following a recent major overhaul, bricks in contact with slag, matte and furnace ...

PURPOSE A nationwide outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MP) refractory to macrolide antibiotics occurred in Korea during 2011. Steroid therapy has been reported to be both efficacious and well tolerated in pediatric patients with refractory MP. We compared clinical features and laboratory characteristics between children with refractory MP requiring steroid treatment and those with ma...

BACKGROUND Robot-assisted stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) may represent a simplified, precise, and safe alternative to the more traditional SEEG techniques. OBJECTIVE To report our clinical experience with robotic SEEG implantation and to define its utility in the management of patients with medically refractory epilepsy. METHODS The prospective observational analyses included all patie...