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3D excretory MR urography: Improved image quality with intravenous saline and diuretic administration
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-04)
Purpose To assess the effect of diuretic administration on the image quality of excretory magnetic resonance urography (MRU) obtained following intravenous hydration, and to determine whether intravenous hydration alone ...
Synchronous dual primary ovarian and endometrial carcinomas
(Elsevier, 1993-12)
OBJECTIVES: The synchronous occurrence of carcinoma confined to the ovary and endometrium presents a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. These tumors have been variously staged as FIGO Stage IIA ovarian carcinoma, Stage ...
Successful use of electroejaculation in two multiple sclerosis patients including report of a pregnancy utilizing intrauterine insemination
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1989)
We report two males with multiple sclerosis who were infertile as a result of failure to ejaculate. Electroejaculation was successfully used to recover semen with motile sperm from both men, and the sperm was used for ...
Large Fetal Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula: Impact on Pulmonary Development
(Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2002-07)
A case report of a patient with a large pulmonary arteriovenous fistula and valvar pulmonary stenosis is presented. The fistula was diagnosed prenatally and its effect on in utero cardiovascular growth and development ...
Combined electroejaculation and in vitro fertilization in the evaluation and treatment of anejaculatory infertility
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-02)
Seven couples underwent combined electroejaculation and in vitro fertilization for anejaculatory infertility after a failed regimen of electroejaculation and intrauterine insemination. Two pregnancies resulted, one proceeding ...
Medium-term follow-up on use of freeze-dried, irradiated donor fascia for sacrocolpopexy and sling procedures
(Springer-Verlag; International Urogynecological Association, 2004-08)
The aim of this study was to document longer-term follow-up of patients in a previously reported series who underwent either sacrocolpopexy (SCP) or suburethral sling procedures utilizing freeze-dried, irradiated donor ...
What is a sentinel node? Re-evaluating the 10% rule for sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2007-06-15)
Introduction Many surgeons use the “10% rule” to define whether a lymph node is a sentinel node (SLN) when staging malignant melanoma. However, this increases the number of SLN removed and the time and cost of the procedure. ...
Sexually transmitted diseases and other urogenital conditions as risk factors for prostate cancer: a case–control study in Wayne County, Michigan
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-04)
Objective To investigate associations between prostate cancer and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and vasectomy in a population-based case–control study in Wayne County, ...
Racial differences in cervical cancer survival in the Detroit metropolitan area
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-03-15)
BACKGROUND African-American (AA) women have lower survival rates from cervical cancer compared with white women. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of socioeconomic status (SES) and other variables ...
Attenuation of autoimmune disease in fas-deficient mice by treatment with a cytotoxic benzodiazepine
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003-03)
Objective Elimination of autoreactive cells relies on Fas-dependent activation-induced cell death mechanisms, an important component of peripheral tolerance. Defects in Fas or its cognate ligand lead to inefficient ...