The study was not powered to detect this improvement, but Kelbaek said he and his team would now look carefully for possible «hypothesis - generating»
findings in subsets of patients — both those who might have benefitted from the deferred - treatment strategy and, equally important, those in whom this strategy might have worsened their condition.
Not exact matches
Using a novel combination
of technologies, including trio exome sequencing
of patient / parental DNA and genetic studies
in the tiny larvae
of zebrafish, the EuroEPINOMICS RES consortium
found that mutations
in the gene CHD2 are responsible for a
subset of epilepsy
patients with symptoms similar to Dravet syndrome — a severe form
of childhood epilepsy that is
in many
patients resistant to currently available anti-epileptic drugs.
After a median follow - up
of 22 months, the team
found that the drugs were safe and shrank tumors
in a
subset of patients, with an overall response rate
of 27 percent, which included complete responses
in two
patients and partial responses
in four
patients.
In a matched cohort of 1,706 patients in each arm, the researchers still found an overall survival benefit with BCT over mastectomy in the HR positive subset but not in the HR negative subse
In a matched cohort
of 1,706
patients in each arm, the researchers still found an overall survival benefit with BCT over mastectomy in the HR positive subset but not in the HR negative subse
in each arm, the researchers still
found an overall survival benefit with BCT over mastectomy
in the HR positive subset but not in the HR negative subse
in the HR positive
subset but not
in the HR negative subse
in the HR negative
subset.
Although it is among the most highly metastatic
of all cancers, multiple myeloma is driven to spread by only a
subset of the myeloma cells within a
patient's body, researchers at Dana - Farber Cancer Institute have
found in a study presented at the annual meeting
of the American Society
of Hematology (ASH).
«We
found that intensive doses
of statins carry the potential for clearing up the lipid debris that can lead to vision impairment
in a
subset of patients with macular degeneration,» said Joan W. Miller, M.D., the Henry Willard Williams Professor and Chair
of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School and Chief
of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital.
But that optimism, plus the availability
of FDA - approved drugs with an HDAC inhibitory effect, has also prompted many families to
find doctors who will prescribe these drugs, without knowing whether they work, or at what doses, or
in which
subset of patients.
[44] Two other phase II clinical trials evaluated the efficacy
of imatinib
in patients with melanoma — including mucosal melanomas — harboring KIT mutations and / or amplifications, with a
subset of cases involving mucosal primaries, and both
found a disease control rate
of approximately 50 %.
The physical
findings in persons meeting the Canadian definition may signal the presence
of a neurologic condition considered exclusionary for CFS and thus the XMRV positive persons
in the Lombardi et al. study may represent a clinical
subset of patients [11].
MYH7 mutations were predominantly
found in Ebstein anomaly associated with LVNC and may warrant genetic testing and family evaluation
in this
subset of patients.
This is an exciting
finding as it suggests that the immune responses activated
in at least this
subset of PD
patients resemble those driving autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Struggling to
find more
in - depth answers, Loggia noted that American and German researchers have recently identified a
subset of fibromyalgia
patients who appear to have abnormalities
in some
of their peripheral small nerve fibers.
Possibly, mania is a more purely biologically driven phenomenon than bipolar depression, with onsets more readily attributable to medication inconsistency, sleep deprivation, circadian disruption, or behavioral activation.21,22,84 - 86
In contrast, social and familial support has been found to protect against depression in bipolar and unipolar affective disorders, but the role of these variables in manic recurrences is unclear.86 - 88 An analysis of laboratory interactional data from a subset of 44 families in this sample revealed that treatment - related improvements in family communication skills were more closely associated with reductions in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations of risk and protective factor
In contrast, social and familial support has been
found to protect against depression
in bipolar and unipolar affective disorders, but the role of these variables in manic recurrences is unclear.86 - 88 An analysis of laboratory interactional data from a subset of 44 families in this sample revealed that treatment - related improvements in family communication skills were more closely associated with reductions in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations of risk and protective factor
in bipolar and unipolar affective disorders, but the role
of these variables
in manic recurrences is unclear.86 - 88 An analysis of laboratory interactional data from a subset of 44 families in this sample revealed that treatment - related improvements in family communication skills were more closely associated with reductions in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations of risk and protective factor
in manic recurrences is unclear.86 - 88 An analysis
of laboratory interactional data from a
subset of 44 families
in this sample revealed that treatment - related improvements in family communication skills were more closely associated with reductions in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations of risk and protective factor
in this sample revealed that treatment - related improvements
in family communication skills were more closely associated with reductions in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations of risk and protective factor
in family communication skills were more closely associated with reductions
in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations of risk and protective factor
in patients» depressive than manic symptoms.56 Thus, manic and depressive symptoms may be influenced by different constellations
of risk and protective factors.