Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immunosuppressive...

also called KS-associated herpesvirus (KSHV)). Classic, endemic, immunosuppression therapy-related (also known as iatrogenic), and epidemic (also known...

body size; an average man's BSA is 1.9 m2). Glucocorticoids cause immunosuppression, and the therapeutic component of this effect is mainly the decreases...

opportunistic infection compared to the general population. Biologics for immunosuppression include adalimumab, certolizumab, etanercept, golimumab, infliximab...

Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support...

problems and may work in general/internal medicine, transplant medicine, immunosuppression management, intensive care medicine, clinical pharmacology, perioperative...

but in excess causes sunburn, skin aging, DNA damage, skin cancer, immunosuppression, and eye damage, such as cataracts. The scale was developed by Canadian...

Di Carlo E, Ferrini S (September 2006). "Targeting tumor-related immunosuppression for cancer immunotherapy". Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders...

myelosuppression (decreased production of blood cells, hence that also immunosuppression), mucositis (inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract), and...

(7%), and pneumonia (6%). These occur in part due to measles-induced immunosuppression. Less commonly seizures, blindness, or inflammation of the brain may...

apart from biopsy achieving a high accuracy rate. Treatment is with immunosuppression. The first case of sarcoidosis involving the nervous system was reported...

difference to the course of the illness. Treat the movement disorder Immunosuppression Prevention of relapses and further cardiac damage Manage the disability...

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or not it is primary or secondary IMT; however, all cases require immunosuppression. Immunosuppressive drugs are the most common treatment with corticosteroids...

antibodies have a variety of specificities, their main mechanism of immunosuppression is through depletion of T cells. Thymoglobulin is currently approved...

may involve hormone therapy, systemic antifungal treatments, and immunosuppression. The JAK-STAT inhibitor ruxolitinib is being investigated as a treatment...

organ. The transplantation of larger solid organs often requires immunosuppression to prevent organ rejection or graft-versus-host disease. There is...

host cells) immunoevasion, evasion of the host's immune response immunosuppression, inhibition of the host's immune response (this includes leukocidin-mediated...

treatment. Patients lacking a matched sibling donor typically pursue immunosuppression as a first-line treatment, and matched, unrelated donor transplants...

who have undergone a splenectomy, alcoholics, and individuals with immunosuppression due to the use of steroids such as glucocorticoids. Individuals with...

hence the need for caution during pregnancy. Ochratoxin A can cause immunosuppression and immunotoxicity in animals. The toxin's immunosuppressant activity...

Solar urticaria (SU) is a rare condition in which exposure to ultraviolet or UV radiation, or sometimes even visible light, induces a case of urticaria...

with fibrotic changes, organ transplant recipients, and those with immunosuppression.[citation needed] According to the Ohio Department of Health and US...

Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a rare autoimmune disorder characterized by muscle weakness of the limbs. It is also known as myasthenic syndrome...

have a poor prognosis. If the GvHD is severe and requires intense immunosuppression involving steroids and additional agents to get under control, the...

syndrome (IRIS) is a condition seen in some cases of HIV/AIDS or immunosuppression, in which the immune system begins to recover, but then responds to...

virus, which remains latent until the body undergoes some form of immunosuppression. Typically, this is in the setting of kidney transplantation or multi-organ...

Irinotecan, sold under the brand name Camptosar among others, is an anti-cancer medication used to treat colon cancer and small cell lung cancer. For colon...

due to genetic diseases/flaws such as SCID. In clinical settings, immunosuppression by some drugs, such as steroids, can either be an adverse effect or...

Glucocorticoids: Cortisol, a glucocorticoid whose functions include immunosuppression Mineralocorticoids: Aldosterone, a mineralocorticoid that helps regulate...