Rare Diseases
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NORD Summit to Feature Topics Related to Diagnosing and Treating Patients with Complex Rare Diseases
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Novel triple therapy in ITP provides enduring responses
A novel combination of dexamethasone, cyclosporine, and rituximab was well tolerated in patients with chronic ITP, and significantly increased...
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Eltrombopag yields 40% response rate in pediatric immune thrombocytopenia
Key clinical point: Eltrombopag markedly outperformed placebo and had no new safety signals in children and adolescents with chronic immune...
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WCD: Watch for these emerging infections
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Drug-induced iron deficiency decreased congenital erythropoietic porphyria symptoms
After 2 months of deferasirox therapy, the patient’s serum ferritin level dropped to 16 ng/mL
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Don’t defer antiretrovirals in asymptomatic HIV patients
Start antiretroviral agents immediately in asymptomatic HIV patients, regardless of CD4+ count.
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What Is Your Diagnosis? Eosinophilic Fasciitis
A 43-year-old woman presented with pain and paresthesia of the bilateral legs of 3 months’ duration with skin tightness and discoloration, which...
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RBAC500 safe, effective for elderly patients with mantle cell lymphoma
Key clinical point: Reducing the dose of cytarabine from 800 mg/m2 to 500 mg/m2 allowed a regimen of rituximab, bendamustine, and cytarabine to be...