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Wernicke’s encephalopathy in a patient with non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma post-Autolo...
Leitão, João Paulo de Vasconcelos; Lemes, Romélia Pinheiro Gonçalves; Barbosa, Maritza Cavalcante; Araújo, Beatriz Stela Gomes de Souza PitombeiraWernick’s Encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neuropsychiatric syndrome caused by thiamine deficiency post hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). WE is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates, but due to its rare occurrence, it is rarely considered in patients submitted to this procedure. Considering that, the manuscript reports the clinical characteristics and the possible factors that predisposed t...
Prolonged response to recombinant human erythropoietin treatment in patients wi...
Moura, Anna Thawanny Gadelha; Duarte, Fernando Barroso; Barbosa, Maritza Cavalcante; Santos, Talyta Ellen de Jesus dosOBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of epoetin (EPO) alfa treatment on overall survival, event-free survival and response duration in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who were treated at a haematological referral centre in northeastern Brazil. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of 36 patients diagnosed with MDS and treated with EPO alfa at 30,000 to 60,000 IU per week. Clinical data were...
Prolonged response to recombinant human erythropoietin treatment in patients wi...
Moura, Anna Thawanny Gadelha; Duarte, Fernando Barroso; Barbosa, Maritza Cavalcante; Santos, Talyta Ellen de Jesus dosOBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of epoetin (EPO) alfa treatment on overall survival, event-free survival and response duration in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who were treated at a haematological referral centre in northeastern Brazil. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of 36 patients diagnosed with MDS and treated with EPO alfa at 30,000 to 60,000 IU per week. Clinical data were...