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J Peak

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PubMed2005

Practical aspects to undertaking research in the primary care setting: experience from two studies.

AIMS: To discuss the practical aspects of conducting research in a primary care setting, from the perspectives of the practitioner and the research team. METHODS: Various issues are discussed, including the relevance of research questions being generated in this setting, the advantages to both parties and the processes involved in conducting a study in specialist practice. This paper describes two recent studies (a randomized clinical trial and a qualitative study) conducted within specialist practice, to illustrate some of the potential difficulties. CONCLUSIONS: The success of conducting a study in primary care is determined by a variety of factors, including an interested specialist practitioner, motivated staff in a well-organized practice and the close support of an academic-based research team.

Communication↗
PubMed1997

In vitro T cell depletion using Campath 1M for mismatched BMT for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).

Bone marrow transplantation is the only curative treatment for children with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). In the absence of an HLA-identical sibling, haploidentical parental donor marrow can be used provided it is depleted of T cells to prevent otherwise inevitable GVHD. Campath 1M has been successfully used for this procedure in several centres. In our centre 17 SCID patients plus one with combined immunodeficiency (CID) were transplanted with Campath 1M T cell-depleted bone marrow. Progenitor cell recovery, before and after T cell depletion, was monitored using granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cell assays (GMCFU) and CD34 analysis. The numbers of GMCFU/kg transplanted correlated with engraftment and survival post-transplant and monitoring CD34+ cell numbers in the T cell-depleted marrow pretransplant may be an additional indicator of successful engraftment. Use of a buffy coat marrow preparation with restriction of the number of T cells to < 5 x 10(5)/kg was associated with graft failure in four and death in five of eight children, probably because too few stem cells were infused. T cell depletion of a mononuclear cell preparation of donor marrow with no arbitrary ceiling of infused T cells is highly effective at preventing clinically important GVHD and cured nine out of 10 children transplanted with such material.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗
PubMed1992

Oral manifestation of Rett's syndrome.

Severe dental attrition has several causes but may be the result of bruxism in neurological or psychological disturbances. Rett's syndrome is an uncommon but increasingly recognised neurological disorder, characterised by acquired microcephaly, progressive dementia, bruxism, and loss of purposeful movements of the hands. A patient with Rett's syndrome who demonstrated masseteric hypertrophy, bruxism, and severe attrition is reported.

Bruxism↗