Burkitt's lymphoma: The prevalence of HIV/AIDS and the outcome of treatment
| العنوان: | Burkitt's lymphoma: The prevalence of HIV/AIDS and the outcome of treatment |
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| المؤلفون: | Francine Kouya, Peter B. Hesseling, P. Wharin, G. Mbah, E. Katayi |
| المصدر: | South African Medical Journal, Vol 108, Iss 2, Pp 84-85 (2018) SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, Volume: 108, Issue: 2, Pages: 84-85, Published: FEB 2018 |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Cyclophosphamide, Adolescent, Survival, Anti-HIV Agents, medicine.medical_treatment, Population, MEDLINE, lcsh:Medicine, HIV Infections, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Internal medicine, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, medicine, Prevalence, Humans, Cameroon, education, Child, lcsh:R5-920, Chemotherapy, education.field_of_study, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, business.industry, lcsh:R, virus diseases, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Burkitt Lymphoma, Lymphoma, Treatment Outcome, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Child, Preschool, Hiv status, lcsh:Medicine (General), business, Burkitt's lymphoma, 030215 immunology, medicine.drug |
| الوصف: | The prevalence of HIV in Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) patients and the outcome of treatment in Cameroon were unknown. Records of all patients diagnosed with BL at three Cameroon Baptist Convention hospitals were reviewed to ascertain the recorded HIV status and outcome of treatment. Of 979 patients diagnosed with BL, 717 were tested for HIV and 11 (1.5%) were HIV-positive. Three of eight patients treated with both cyclophosphamide (CPM)-based chemotherapy and antiretrovirals were alive at 62, 96 and 111 months, respectively. The HIV rate was comparable to that of 1% for the general population of children aged |
| وصف الملف: | text/html |
| تدمد: | 0256-9574 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::7881094464ac31e29aab77a16cc8af04 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29429436 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7881094464ac31e29aab77a16cc8af04 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 02569574 |
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