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- Fixed drug eruption from pamabrom
Oral rechallenge was used to diagnose a reaction to an ingredient in a menstrual symptom reliever.
- Headache: accurate diagnosis, rational therapy
Among the highlights from a CME course: what to expect from the new serotonin blockers, nondrug treatment options, the importance of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
- The Telelab personal blood pressure transmitter: accurate and reliable home monitoring for hypertensive patients
A home blood pressure recording device that can transmit data by phone is accurate and convenient.
- Hypertension and the adrenergic system
The increasing role of adrenergic drugs may be related to the possibility that adrenergic system abnormalities contribute to the development of primary hypertension.
- Risk factors for in-hospital mortality associated with coronary angioplasty
Elderly women with extensive coronary disease were at higher risk of mortality than other patient groups.
- The role of adrenergic drugs in antihypertensive therapy
The clinical effects of drugs in the adrenergic class can be predicted by the location of the alpha or beta receptors that the drug activates or inhibits.
- Virilization secondary to topical testosterone
Alternatives to topical testosterone may reduce the risk of androgenic side effects.
- Dog heartworm causing necrotizing granuloma of the lung
A patient was thought to have a neoplastic lesion until tissue examination revealed a nonviable parasite within a pulmonary artery.