DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Autoimmune therapies
Helminthic therapy
Helminthic therapy, a type of immunotherapy, is the treatment of autoimmune diseases and immune disorders by means of deliberate infestation with a helminth or with the ova of a helminth. Helminths are parasitic worms such as hookworms and whipworms. Helminthic therapy consists of the inoculation of the patient with specific parasitic intestinal nematodes (helminths). There are currently three closely related treatments available. Inoculation with Necator americanus, commonly known as hookworms, or Trichuris suis ova (TSO), commonly known as pig whipworm eggs, or inoculation with Trichuris trichiura ova, commonly referred to as human whipworm eggs...
Autoimmune therapies - List of case studies
- Metastatic melanoma stage IIIC
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IIIC patients permits consideration of investigational therapies in this setting. There are two international phase III adjuvant ... The primary risk is that patients will develop autoimmune disorders from therapy that typically manifest over the first ...
- Drugs
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Atoderm Atorvastatin Augmentin Autoimmune therapies Avastin Avastin (bevacizumab) Avastin intravitreal ...
- Neuroroendocrine neoplasia with hepatic secondary lesions_2
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that, in this specific case, would be associated with autoimmune therapies. 1) Your opinion on ...
- Hyperthyroidism in autoimmune non-nodular thyroiditis
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diagnosis of “Basedow’s Hyperthyroidism in autoimmune non-nodular thyroid (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis). Under therapy ... to fertility? 3) Any alternative and/or complementary therapies? 4) Do you suggest to carry out further diagnostic medical tests? ...