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Judith A. Wilimas
Researcher at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Publications - 97
Citations - 4571
Judith A. Wilimas is an academic researcher from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wilms' tumor & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 97 publications receiving 4375 citations. Previous affiliations of Judith A. Wilimas include University of Tennessee & University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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Management of occlusion and thrombosis associated with long-term indwelling central venous catheters
Jacquelyn L. Baskin,Jacquelyn L. Baskin,Ching-Hon Pui,Ching-Hon Pui,Ulrike M. Reiss,Ulrike M. Reiss,Judith A. Wilimas,Judith A. Wilimas,Monika L. Metzger,Monika L. Metzger,Raul C. Ribeiro,Raul C. Ribeiro,Scott C. Howard,Scott C. Howard +13 more
TL;DR: Prophylaxis with thrombolytic flushes might prevent CVC infections and catheter-related thromboses, but confirmatory studies and cost-effectiveness analysis of this approach are needed.
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Childhood cancer epidemiology in low-income countries.
Scott C. Howard,Scott C. Howard,Monika L. Metzger,Monika L. Metzger,Judith A. Wilimas,Judith A. Wilimas,Yuri Quintana,Ching-Hon Pui,Ching-Hon Pui,Leslie L. Robison,Raul C. Ribeiro,Raul C. Ribeiro +11 more
TL;DR: Hospital‐based registries are both feasible and essential in LIC, and can be developed using available training programs for data managers and the free online Pediatric Oncology Networked Data Base (POND4kids.org), which allows collection, analysis, and sharing of data.
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High risk of recurrent stroke after discontinuance of five to twelve years of transfusion therapy in patients with sickle cell disease
Winfred C. Wang,Edward H. Kovnar,Ina L. Tonkin,Raymond K. Mulhern,James W. Langston,Sara W. Day,Michael J. Schell,Judith A. Wilimas +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that patients with sickle cell disease who have had a stroke must receive long-term transfusion indefinitely or a suitable therapeutic alternative must be devised.
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The psychological status of survivors of childhood/adolescent Hodgkin's disease
TL;DR: To assess psychosocial late effects of childhood/adolescent cancer, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 40 subjects who had achieved complete remission from Hodgkin's disease and completed therapy at least five years previously.
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Impact of an education program on late diagnosis of retinoblastoma in Honduras
Christopher Leander,Ligia Fu,Armando Peña,Scott C. Howard,Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo,Judith A. Wilimas,Raul C. Ribeiro,Barrett G. Haik +7 more
TL;DR: In developed countries, more than 90% of children with retinoblastoma present with limited‐stage disease and are cured; however, in countries with limited resources, like Honduras, most patients present with advanced disease and cure rates are less than 50%.