French doctors say Arafat improving, rule out leukemia
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A French hospital treating Palestinians Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat said on Tuesday the leader&#39;s condition was improving with treatment and ruled out leukemia.
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Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat met yesterday for the first time with some of the Palestinian officials who accompanied him to Paris, where he is hospitalized, in what seems to be a clear indication that his health is improving.
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A blood test and an endoscopy on Yasser Arafat have dispelled suspicions he has cancer in his digestive tract, one of the Palestinian leader&#39;s doctors said Wednesday.
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PARIS -- Leukemia specialists examined ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a French military hospital to determine whether he suffers from the blood cancer, Palestinian officials said Saturday.
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RAMALLAH - Palestinian doctors and officials denied Wednesday that President Yasser Arafat had cancer or gallstones and said he was suffering from nothing worse than a bad bout of flu.
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An aide to Yasser Arafat said yesterday that the Palestinian leader&#39;s condition was improving after treatment by doctors in Paris.
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RAMALLAH: A team of Tunisian doctors said yesterday that Yasser Arafat is &quot;OK&quot; after examining the Palestinian leader. The doctors examined Arafat, whom aides said is recovering from the flu, at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat can walk, eat and talk with others, his entourage affirmed Tuesday in Paris, while the first medical report ruled out his possible leukemia.
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CLAMART, France: A senior aide to Yasser Arafat said Saturday that the ailing Palestinian leader had undergone further medical tests and that results were expected within days.
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The permanent Palestinian envoy in France, Leila Shahid, confirmed on Monday that Arafat does not have leukaemia or any other life-threatening illness.
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YASSER Arafat&#39;s health &quot;has not deteriorated&quot; and was considered stable, a French official outside the Paris hospital treating the 75-year-old Palestinian leader said today.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Doctors said Thursday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has a low platelet count. There are a variety of factors that could account for the condition.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat does not have leukaemia, a Palestinian official announced in an official medical report here on Tuesday.
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French doctors said on Tuesday Yasser Arafat was responding to treatment and ruled out leukemia, though aides said the Palestinian leader could remain in a French military hospital for several more weeks.
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Initial results from a battery of tests on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat have uncovered no signs of leukemia, Palestinian officials said, but blood doctors were still probing the cause of his dramatic deterioration in health.
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French doctors investigating Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness informed Palestinian leaders in Ramallah yesterday that they had ruled out leukaemia and lymphoma, two of the most common fatal blood diseases.
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French hospital officials say Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition is &quot;stable&quot; and has not changed since yesterday. The spokesman for French military health services says the Palestinian leader&#39;s &quot;health has not worsened&quot; -- though he would not elaborate.