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May
2013

Idiotypic Vaccination: Still a Unique form of Cancer Immunotherapy for Follicular Lymphoma after 20 Years

Advances in Cancer Research & Treatment
Idiotypic vaccination for folicular lymphoma induces a tumor-specific immune response which may kill tumor cells in vivo and prevent tumor relapse in patients. However, being based on a personalized vaccine against a person’s own tumor, large scale randomized studies have produced contradictory results. The objective…
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May
2013

Cutaneous Plasmacytoma Associated with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Sacro-Coccygeal Region

International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
We describe the case of a patient who received the diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the radio-treated skin of the sacrococcygeal region where an extramedullary plasmacytoma had been identified one year before. We think that the plasmacytoma was born by a malignant transformation of…
28
May
2013

Vessel Sealing Device in Parotid Gland Surgery: Clinical and Pathological Study

Advances in Cancer Research & Treatment
Facial palsy, salivary leakage and postoperative bleeding are the main complications in parotid gland surgery. To find ways to reduce the occurrence of these complications, we compare traditional methods using the hand-tie ligation technique with a bipolar electrode knife against LigaSureTM Small Jaw, a newly…
28
May
2013

An Empirical Approach on the Sustainability of Social Welfare across the European Union

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
Despite the fact that in the times of global crisis everything is about survival, the welfare is still an important matter for people. In this paper we propose to calculate a representative quantitative indicator for welfare for the 27 state members of the European Union…
28
May
2013

Carcinoma of the Esophagus Presenting as Stridor to a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
Esophageal carcinomais an aggressive malignancy and usually manifests with dysphagia and weight loss. We are presenting case details of a patient with esophageal carcinoma who presented to the emergency services with acute onset stridor and breathing difficulty. Computerised Tomography of the chest showed a large…
28
May
2013

Eclampsia at 17 Weeks and 3 Days Gestation: A Diagnostic Dilemma

International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
Eclampsia is generally preceded by preeclampsia or proteinuric hypertension after the twentieth week of gestation. Only ten cases of eclampsia were reported in the presence of a foetus before 20 weeks of gestation over a 120 year   epoch. It is usually believed that preeclampsia occurring…
28
May
2013

Oocysticidal Effect of Essential Oil Components against Chicken Eimeria Oocysts

International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports
The objective of this study is to assess the ability of some major components of essential oils (EOs) to destroy Eimeria oocysts in vitro and to find out how the mechanism of action involved in this oocysticidal effect works. The methodology used was as follows: A…
27
May
2013

Spontaneous Intra-Peritoneal Hematoma: An Unusual Complication of Thrombolysis

International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
Thrombolytic agents have been used in the emergency department for treatment of acute myocardial infarction and vasoocclusive strokes. Their use has been associated with complications. The most dreaded complication is bleeding following systemic thrombolysis. We document a case of spontaneous intra-peritoneal hematoma following thrombolysis with…
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May
2013

Adenosine Deaminase 1 rs73598374 Genetic Polymorphism and Activity in Patients with Ischemic Stroke

Research in Neurology: An International Journal
In the present work we evaluated adenosine deaminase 1 (ADA1) encoding gene (ADA1) rs73598374 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and the activity of this enzyme in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) in Armenian population. A total of 98 first episode IS patients within the first 24…
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May
2013

Detection of Bovine Herpesvirus 1 and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Specific Antibodies in Individual, Bulk Tank Milk and Serum Samples of Vaccinated Cattle in Different Provinces of Egypt

International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports
From three commercial Friesian-Holstein dairy herds located in three different provinces of Egypt "El-Fayoum, EL-Ismailia and EL-Beheira"  adopted a number of different vaccination strategies, a total of 183 individual blood samples, individual pooled milk samples collected on the same occasion from the same animal and…