Autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation for systemic sclerosis - a challenge for the Canadian health care system
| Autor: | Jan Storek, Andrew Daly, Sharon LeClercq |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
Oncology medicine.medical_specialty Canada Scleroderma Systemic Hematopoietic cell business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation General Medicine Disease Transplantation Autologous Radiation therapy Transplantation 03 medical and health sciences Haematopoiesis 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Health care Commentary Medicine Humans business 030215 immunology |
| Zdroj: | CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne. 189(17) |
| ISSN: | 1488-2329 |
| Popis: | Systemic sclerosis is an uncommon disease (12 new cases per 1 000 000 per year in North America).[1][1] Treatment to date has been mostly symptomatic and supportive. Recently, high-dose immunosuppressive chemo/radiotherapy with autologous hematopoietic cell rescue (i.e., autologous hematopoietic |
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