Tag Archives: Rare

Christmas Disease: What is the famous 'Christmas disease' and how rare is it?

Christmas is a time of celebration for many, as the occasion warrants feast and family, and the festive spirit is contagious throughout the country. Christmas disease is a much less joyous feature in people’s lives, but again is a heavy feature in families. Most famously, a type of Christmas disease had a noticeable appearance in… Read More »

Breakthrough Leukemia Treatment Backfires in a Rare Case

The patient who died had B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia that had relapsed several times after standard treatments, and was being treated at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The university declined to say when he was treated, to protect patient privacy. But the study he joined enrolled patients from August 2011 until September 2016. Once he… Read More »

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