Wiadomości lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960)
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Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
[Results of adjuvant therapy with the preparation Poly-a Poly-u in patients with malignant melanoma during a 10-year observation].
During 10 years patients with malignant melanoma were followed up after radical removal of primary tumour and metastatic regional lymph nodes, the half of whom was given immunomodulation with the preparation Poly-A Poly-U in a controlled clinical trial. It was found that the performed immunomodulation exerted slight effect on the course of malignant melanoma causing later development of recurrence, less dynamic course of the disease, longer asymptomatic periods in relation to the control group. No effect of the drug administration was observed on longterm survival.
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Case Reports
[Depression syndrome in a patient with primary hyperparathyroidism. Differential diagnostic difficulties].
A case is presented of a 62-year-old female patient treated for 18 months for depression syndrome. Occurrence of hypercalcaemic crisis enabled the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism. Differential diagnostic difficulties are discussed.
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The survey of literature is presented from the last over ten years, pertinent to the ever present problem--sudden death. The paper presents mainly the problems of epidemiology, and the possibilities and methods of preventing sudden death, as well as the organizational activities increasing the chances of resuscitation of patients with sudden cardiac arrest.