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Meningitis
New meningitis research has been reported by scientists at University of Washington
February 24th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "The prognostic significance of Karnofsky performance status in neoplastic meningitis (NM) has not been demonstrated in patient groups similarly matched for known prognostic variables. To determine the effect of performance status on survival in NM. Retrospective comparison." "A university tertiary medical center. Two well-matched cohorts with cytologically positive NM with (n= 30; group A) and without ( n= 30; group B) independence in activities of daily living as defined by a Karnofsky performance status score of 70 or greater or less than 70, respectively. Groups were matched on age, primary tumor, site of NM disease (...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-02-24)
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