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Development and Implementation of Novel Community Outreach Methods in Women's Health Issues: The National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2001-01-01)
Numerous outreach efforts have been employed to educate both lay and professional communities about many medical issues. As part of our contracts with the Public Health Service, Office of Women's Health, Department of ...
Low recurrence rate after surgery for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2004-03-01)
BACKGROUND Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) is a rare sarcoma with a propensity for local recurrence. Treatments with wide excision, Mohs surgery, and other approaches have been reported with widely variable local ...
Book Review: Fat Talk: What Girls and Their Parents Say About Dieting. Mimi Nichter, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; 2000. 202 pp. + appendices
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-06)
Revisiting reliability of quantified perineal ultrasound: Bland and Altman analysis of a new protocol for the rectangular coordinate method
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006)
Aims This study tested the reliability of a new protocol for the rectangular coordinate method of quantifying perineal ultrasound. Methods Representative scans of healthy primiparous females were quantified by positioning ...
Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of renal pelvis in solitary pelvic kidney
(Elsevier, 1993-03)
Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the renal pelvis is a rare tumor. We report the case of a fifty-three-year-old man with this unusual cancer and review the literature. Usual features of this tumor include long duration of symptoms, ...
College Students' Perceptions of Emergency Contraception Provision
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2008-01-01)
ABSTRACT Background and objective: The authors examined college students' perceptions regarding emergency contraception (EC) provision in light of the then pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision about the ...
Changes in Health Status Experienced by Women with Gestational Diabetes and Pregnancy-Induced Hypertensive Disorders
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2005-10-01)
Objective: To examine changes in health status among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). Methods: We examined perceived health status changes from the prepregnancy, as ...
Exponential Regression of CA 125 during Salvage Treatment of Ovarian Cancer with Taxol
(Elsevier, 1994-06)
The role of serum CA 125 in monitoring the response of epithelial ovarian cancer to treatment has been extensively investigated. The exponential regression curve [ln(CA 125) = i + s (days after initiation of treatment)] ...
Mitotic Rate and Younger Age Are Predictors of Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity: Lessons Learned From the Generation of a Probabilistic Model
(Springer-Verlag; The Society of Surgical Oncology, Inc., 2004-03)
Background: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy allows surgeons to identify patients with subclinical nodal involvement who may benefit from lymphadenectomy and, possibly, adjuvant therapy. Several factors have been variably, ...
Distribution of co-activators CBP and p300 during mouse oocyte and embryo development
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-07)
cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP) and p300 are two structurally related transcriptional co-activators that activate expression of many eukaryotic genes. Current dogma would suggest that ...