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- Viral hepatitis in the 1990s, part I: current principles of management
An update of the clinical management of viral hepatitis, based on recent developments in screening and diagnosis.
- Pharmacotherapy of multiple sclerosis: current status
With careful drug selection and close monitoring, many symptoms associated with MS are effectively controlled.
- Doppler echocardiographic assessment of constrictive pericarditis, cardiac amyloidosis, and cardiac tamponade
Doppler echocardiography is emerging as an excellent noninvasive way to assess diastolic function, and its array of clinical applications is expanding.
- Calcium-channel blocking agents as therapy for amphotericin B nephrotoxicity
Concomitant use of calcium-channel blockers may prevent nephrotoxicity and permit use of full therapeutic doses of amphotericin B in systemic fungal infection.
- Adrenergic agents: clinical trials and experiences
Different beta blockers have different effects on cardiac output and heart rate, and some may diminish detrimental arterial changes induced by hypertension. A long-term preventive effect against coronary artery disease remains to be demonstrated.