New answers tagged hematology
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Substances such as blood trigger the Cough reflex, so if for any reason blood accumulates in the airways, it will be ejected this way.
If you have a look at chest anatomy, you can see how this could be caused (look at Trachea down to the lungs, aorta and the carotid arteries above the heart). A shot through the chest can peforate many large blood vessels, ...
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The T315l mutation of BCR/ABL gene produce the complete resistance of CML leukemia to all currently available BCR/ABL inhibitors.
There is a idea that is not yet tested for such patients - allogenic hematopoietic transplatation.
More information:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20657522
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