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  2. Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Analysis of COVID-19 CT imaging along with postmortem lung biopsies and autopsies suggest that the majority of patients with COVID-19 pulmonary involvement also have secondary organizing pneumonia (OP) or its histological variant, acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia, which are both well-known complications of viral infections. [15]

  3. Lymphocytopenia - Wikipedia

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    Lymphocytopenia is commonly caused by a recent infection, such as the common cold or COVID-19. [3]Lymphocytopenia, but not idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia, is associated with corticosteroid use, infections with HIV and other viral, bacterial, and fungal agents, malnutrition, systemic lupus erythematosus, [4] severe stress, [5] intense or prolonged physical exercise (due to cortisol release ...

  4. Rituximab - Wikipedia

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    Rituximab, sold under the brand name Rituxan among others, is a monoclonal antibody medication used to treat certain autoimmune diseases and types of cancer. [18] It is used for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (in children and adults, but not recommended in elderly patients), rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura ...

  5. Survival rate - Wikipedia

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    Patients with a certain disease (for example, colorectal cancer) can die directly from that disease or from an unrelated cause (for example, a car accident). When the precise cause of death is not specified, this is called the overall survival rate or observed survival rate. Doctors often use mean overall survival rates to estimate the patient ...

  6. Chemoimmunotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Adding rituximab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the CD20 B-cell antigen, to the CHOP regimen has been shown to improve complete-response rates and extend event-free and overall survival in elderly patients without significantly increasing toxicity. [7] In metastatic breast cancer overexpressing HER2, chemoimmunotherapy also shows better ...

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  8. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Chemotherapy may be given with a curative intent (which almost always involves combinations of drugs), or it may aim only to prolong life or to reduce symptoms (palliative chemotherapy). Chemotherapy is one of the major categories of the medical discipline specifically devoted to pharmacotherapy for cancer, which is called medical oncology. [1] [2]

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    Chemotherapy can be used to treat severe forms of the disease. Symptoms of lupus include muscle and join paint, fever, rashes, chest pain, hair loss, kidney problems, fatigue and more.