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Treatment of the first episode of pyelonephritis in children with oral antibiotics alone for 10 days is not inferior to parenteral therapy for 3 days followed by oral therapy for 7 days.
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Older women taking SSRIs had higher rates of hip bone loss compared to both nonusers and TCA users, when measured twice over an average of 5 years.
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Asymptomatic individuals with systolic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction have an increased mortality. Angiotensin converting enzymes inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) favorably affect such patients, but little is known abut the effect of beta-blockers in this group.
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Advances in laparoscopic instrumentation and surgical skill have enabled the adoption of oncologic procedures traditionally approached via ceiliotomy to the minimally invasive modality. However, little comparative data are available on some of the most complex of these operations.
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Kuhl and colleagues from the University of Bonn, Germany, compared the sensitivity of mammography and MRI for the diagnosis of breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
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Margolis and colleagues analyzed data from a large prospective study of a cohort of 48,321 Swedish women who are part of the Women's Lifestyle and Health Cohort Study.
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The present study indirectly tested the hypothesis that estrogen exposure is neuroprotective by studying the risk of dementia in women who underwent oophorectomy premenopausally. All women residing in Olmstead, MN, from 1950 to 1987 who underwent unilateral or bilateral oophorectomy were followed through death or end of study (staggered from 2001 to 2006).
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The performance of risk-reducing surgery in women with BRCA mutation has a profound effect on the potential for subsequent cancer development. While gross tumor is occasionally identified in these specimens, it is more common that pathological processing identifies occult cancer.
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CA-125 measurements alone or as part of a multimodal strategy are routinely used clinically to aid in developing a treatment plan for women with adnexal masses.
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