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Johnson MB. A piece of my mind. Three pictures, one child. JAMA 1996; 275:834. [PMID: 8596210 DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.11.834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Johnson MB, Koenraad PM, Salemink HW, Wolter JH. Be Delta-Doped Layers in GaAs Imaged with Atomic Resolution Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1995; 75:1606-1609. [PMID: 10060340 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.75.1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Johnson MB, Kisslinger LS. Delta (1232) in nuclei and QCD sum rules. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1995; 52:1022-1027. [PMID: 9970590 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.52.1022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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We reviewed a series of 83 catfish sting cases from inland hospitals (Belzoni and Indianola) and a coastal hospital (Pascagoula) to identify the type and severity of injury, as well as the type of treatment and its effectiveness. Oral cephalosporin was adequate in treating early infections.
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Chen CM, Ernst DJ, Jiang MF, Johnson MB. Pion-nucleus scattering and baryon resonances in the nuclear medium. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1995; 52:R485-R489. [PMID: 9970622 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.52.r485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Stein SM, Laifer-Narin S, Johnson MB, Roman LD, Muderspach LI, Tyszka JM, Ralls PW. Differentiation of benign and malignant adnexal masses: relative value of gray-scale, color Doppler, and spectral Doppler sonography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1995; 164:381-6. [PMID: 7839975 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.164.2.7839975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate prospectively the relative usefulness of color Doppler, spectral Doppler, and gray-scale sonography in differentiating benign from malignant adnexal masses. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 170 adnexal masses in 161 patients were classified prospectively as suggestive of or not suggestive of malignant tumor on the basis of gray-scale morphology, internal flow versus peripheral or no flow, and spectral Doppler pulsatility, as measured by a pulsatility index (PI) threshold of 1.0 and a resistive index (RI) threshold of 0.4. RESULTS Surgical pathology revealed 123 benign masses and 46 malignant masses. One malignant mass was confirmed by cytologic evaluation of ascitic fluid. On gray-scale analysis, 46 of the 47 malignant masses were classified as suggestive of tumor, and 76 of the 123 benign masses were classified as not suggestive of tumor (sensitivity, 98%; specificity, 62%; negative predictive value [NPV], 99%; and positive predictive value [PPV], 50%). The use of internal color flow as a predictor of malignant tumor yielded a sensitivity of 77%, a specificity of 69%, an NPV of 89%, and a PPV of 49%. The PI and RI values were significantly lower (p < .0001) in malignant masses than in benign masses, although the values overlapped considerably. For a PI of less than 1.0, sensitivity was 67%, specificity was 66%, NPV was 83%, and PPV was 46%. For an RI of less than 0.4, sensitivity was 24%, specificity was 90%, NPV was 73%, and PPV was 50%. CONCLUSION In our series, a gray-scale prediction of benignity was reliable (NPV = 99%), and a prediction of malignancy was unreliable (PPV = 50%). Internal color flow was not useful as a predictor of malignancy (PPV = 49%). Although the absence of internal or peripheral color flow suggested benignity (NPV = 94%), only 17 (16 benign) of the masses (about 10%) had no flow. Spectral Doppler analysis with RI and PI was not useful, as no reliable discriminatory value with both high sensitivity and high specificity could be found for either parameter because of the overlap in values obtained for benign and malignant masses.
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Johnson MB, Bowman JD. Microscopic, model-space approach to parity nonconservation in compound nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1995; 51:999-1013. [PMID: 9970142 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.51.999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Khankhasayev MK, Sarafian H, Johnson MB, Kurmanov ZB. Effect of pion external distortion on low-energy pion double charge exchange. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1994; 50:1424-1435. [PMID: 9969804 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.50.1424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Kagarlis MA, Johnson MB. A theory of low-energy pion double charge exchange. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1994; 73:38-41. [PMID: 10056714 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.73.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Gibson SJ, Martin SM, Johnson MB, Blue R, Miller DS. CNS-directed case management. Cost and quality in harmony. J Nurs Adm 1994; 24:45-51. [PMID: 8006704 DOI: 10.1097/00005110-199406000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Preserving the integrity of high quality care in a financially restricted environment is the primary challenge facing healthcare providers. The critical question is which delivery system will use limited resources most efficiently without jeopardizing quality of care? Case management has been identified as a solution that offers the most promise. The case management model at Sioux Valley Hospital was developed to deal proactively with resource-intensive patients with chronic illnesses who have frequent admissions and who create financial risk for the hospital. The authors describe the fiscal and clinical outcomes of these select patients.
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Bartel J, Johnson MB, Singham M, Stocker W. Microscopic coupled-channel description of pion inelastic scattering from rotational nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1994; 49:2592-2601. [PMID: 9969508 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.49.2592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Heineke EW, Johnson MB, Dillberger JE, Robinson KM. Antioxidant MDL 29,311 prevents diabetes in nonobese diabetic and multiple low-dose STZ-injected mice. Diabetes 1993; 42:1721-30. [PMID: 8243818 DOI: 10.2337/diab.42.12.1721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Recent investigations suggest a role for antioxidants in preventing IDDM. MDL 29,311 (4,4'-[methylenebis(thio)]bis](1,1- dimethylethyl)]-phenol) is an analogue of the antioxidant probucol. Administered as a 1% dietary admixture to female nonobese diabetic mice from 4 to 24 wk of age, MDL reduced the prevalence of diabetes from 49 to 4% at 24 wk of age (n = 50-61/group). Discontinuation of treatment at 24 wk of age did not result in a rapid onset of diabetes. Probucol (1%) did not prevent diabetes. Initiating MDL treatment at 4 or 8 wk of age was more effective (19 and 17%, respectively, compared with 60% in control mice) than initiating treatment at 12 wk of age (30% diabetic; n = 28-35/group). A lower dose of MDL (0.1%), started at 4 wk of age, decreased the prevalence of diabetes to 36%. Histopathology indicated that MDL did not prevent insulitis. MDL (0.1%) also was evaluated in combination with immunosuppressants. Compared with control mice (65% diabetic), the combination of MDL and deflazacort was more effective (21% diabetic) than either agent alone (39% diabetic for MDL and 59% diabetic for deflazacort), whereas the effectiveness of MDL, cyclosporin, and MDL plus cyclosporin was similar (39, 38, and 34% diabetic, respectively). In another model of IDDM, the multiple-low-dose streptozocin-injected mouse, MDL (1%) also reduced the prevalence of diabetes when administered beginning 8 wk before streptozocin (55% diabetic vs. 100% of control mice; n = 20-25/group). Probucol (1%) was ineffective. MDL appears effective in preventing the onset of disease in two mouse models of IDDM.
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Haidenbauer J, Holinde K, Johnson MB. Coupled-channel potential for nucleons and deltas. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1993; 48:2190-2200. [PMID: 9969071 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.48.2190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Sarafian H, Johnson MB, Siciliano ER. Medium modification of meson propagation between two nucleons in finite nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1993; 48:1988-1998. [PMID: 9969042 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.48.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Johnson MB, Johnson CL. Electromyographic response of peroneal muscles in surgical and nonsurgical injured ankles during sudden inversion. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 1993; 18:497-501. [PMID: 8298631 DOI: 10.2519/jospt.1993.18.3.497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Because the peroneal muscles are thought to act as a safeguard against lateral ankle injury, it is important to study their function. This study was undertaken to electromyographically assess the latency between sudden unexpected ankle inversion and the start of peroneal muscle activity. Three groups participated in the study, including subjects with lateral ankle sprain rehabilitated nonsurgically (N = 7), sprains rehabilitated following surgery (N = 6), and injury-free ankles (N = 11). Peroneal latency was assessed by dropping the subjects into inversion from a special platform. The platform was designed so that either ankle could be inverted to 35 degrees without warning. The ANOVA revealed no significant latency differences (p > .05) between the three groups. The study suggests that bilateral peroneal latency is unaffected by injury. Although it has been thought that healthy muscles provide a defense against ankle sprain, their latency is not permanently affected by ankle injury or by surgery performed to correct defects from injury. It appears that mechanoreceptor impairment may be rehabilitated and that it is not a factor in ankle injury.
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Learch TJ, Ralls PW, Johnson MB, Jeffrey RB, Nino-Murcia M, Lee KP, Radin DR. Hepatic focal nodular hyperplasia: findings with color Doppler sonography. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE 1993; 12:541-544. [PMID: 8107187 DOI: 10.7863/jum.1993.12.9.541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Color Doppler sonographic images of five patients with a total of six lesions of FNH were reviewed. All cases were confirmed pathologically. All six lesions showed increased intralesional flow in comparison to surrounding liver parenchyma on color Doppler sonography. Four of the six lesions showed significant peripheral flow; two of the six lesions showed central flow radiating peripherally from a central vessel. We conclude that increased color Doppler flow may be a characteristic feature of FNH. Increased internal flow has also been reported in HCC and hepatic metastatic disease. Considerable overlap is seen in color Doppler flow patterns. However, in patients clinically at low risk for malignancy, detection of a liver mass with increased color Doppler flow should suggest the diagnosis of FNH.
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Wagner B, Johnson MB, Rowe D, Sheatler M. Triage assessment and nursing record. J Emerg Nurs 1993; 19:340-3. [PMID: 8350555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Chen CM, Ernst DJ, Johnson MB. High-energy pion-nucleus elastic scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1993; 48:841-849. [PMID: 9968895 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.48.841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Johnson MB, Heineke EW, Rhinehart BL, Sheetz MJ, Barnhart RL, Robinson KM. MDL 29311. Antioxidant with marked lipid- and glucose-lowering activity in diabetic rats and mice. Diabetes 1993; 42:1179-86. [PMID: 8325450 DOI: 10.2337/diab.42.8.1179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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MDL 29311, an analogue of probucol, administered to rats as a 1% dietary admixture for 2 wk before and 5 days after intravenous injection of 40 mg/kg of ALX significantly (P < 0.05) reduced plasma glucose (6.9 +/- 0.3 vs. 19.2 +/- 1.3 mM) and serum triglyceride (0.17 +/- 0.01 vs. 1.82 +/- 0.39 mM) levels in overnight-fasted ALX-plus-MDL 29311-administered rats vs. ALX-administered rats. A cross-over study indicated that MDL 29311 did not attenuate the diabetogenic action of ALX, but rather, directly lowered glucose and triglycerides. In rats injected intravenously with 45, 65, or 85 mg/kg of STZ and then administered control or MDL 29311 diet for 7 days, MDL 29311 decreased fasted plasma glucose to nondiabetic levels, decreased fasted and nonfasted plasma triglycerides by 49-79%, but did not affect plasma insulin levels. In STZ-induced (65 mg/kg) diabetic rats, MDL 29311 attenuated the increase in plasma nonesterified fatty acids during an 18-h fast; had little or no effect on glucagon, pyruvate, lactate, beta-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate, or cholesterol; and did not induce hypoglycemia in rats fasted up to 64 h. In nonfasted hyperinsulinemic db/db mice treated for 10 wk, MDL 29311 significantly lowered glucose levels by 14-40%, triglyceride levels by 31-63% and GHb from 8.0 to 5.4%, and had no consistent effect on plasma insulin levels. Because of its marked glucose- and lipid-lowering activity in both nonfasted hyperinsulinemic and fasted insulinopenic animals, MDL 29311 merits additional investigation as a potential antidiabetic agent.
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Chen CM, Ernst DJ, Johnson MB. Microscopic approach to pion-nucleus dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW. C, NUCLEAR PHYSICS 1993; 47:R9-R13. [PMID: 9968458 DOI: 10.1103/physrevc.47.r9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Pryde PG, Greb A, Isada NB, Johnson MB, Klein M, Evans MI. Familial omphalocele: considerations in genetic counseling. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1992; 44:624-7. [PMID: 1481822 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320440519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nonsyndromal omphalocele is generally regarded as a sporadic malformation. Recurrence risk is considered negligible. We report on a patient in whom 5 consecutive pregnancies (by 2 separate nonconsanguineous partners) were complicated by omphalocele as an isolated defect. Neither the patient nor her partners had history of relatives with omphalocele, although the patient's brother and his son had large umbilical hernias requiring repair in infancy. Some familial cases of nonsyndromal omphalocele have been previously reported; most such pedigrees suggest vertical transmission, although there are a few cases with only a single generation involved. In our case, the multigenerational finding of ventral wall hernias makes an autosomal dominant mechanism with variable expressivity a tenable explanation. The collected instances of familial nonsyndromal omphalocele emphasize omphalocele heterogeneity and caution in counseling recurrence risks.
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Ralls PW, Johnson MB, Radin DR, Lee KP, Boswell WD. Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia: findings in the liver with color Doppler sonography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1992; 159:59-61. [PMID: 1609722 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.159.1.1609722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Ralls PW, Johnson MB, Radin DR, Boswell WD, Lee KP, Halls JM. Budd-Chiari syndrome: detection with color Doppler sonography. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1992; 159:113-6. [PMID: 1609684 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.159.1.1609684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The value of color Doppler sonography in evaluating newly diagnosed Budd-Chiari syndrome in five patients was studied. Hepatic venous findings included absence of vessels (one patient), flow reversal (two patients), narrowing (four patients), and tortuosity (three patients). Detected collaterals included hepatic venous to hepatic venous (four patients), hepatic venous to subcapsular systemic venous (two patients), and portosystemic (three patients). Hepatic venous spectral Doppler waveforms were flat and essentially aphasic in four patients, indicative of distal hepatic venous compression. The inferior vena cava was markedly compressed in two patients and slightly compressed in one. Color Doppler sonography allowed more reliable and confident identification of irregular, compressed, or otherwise abnormal hepatic veins than did conventional sonography. Color Doppler sonography also showed collateral vessels that were undetected with conventional sonography or other imaging techniques. Our results suggest that color Doppler sonography may be a valuable tool in the initial diagnosis and evaluation of suspected Budd-Chiari syndrome.
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Van Allan RJ, Katz MD, Johnson MB, Laine LA, Liu Y, Ralls PW. Uncomplicated amebic liver abscess: prospective evaluation of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration. Radiology 1992; 183:827-30. [PMID: 1584941 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.183.3.1584941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The performance of therapeutic aspiration in the treatment of amebic liver abscess, advocated and practiced in many centers, is controversial. Previously, this practice has been evaluated in retrospective analyses. To test the potential benefit of therapeutic aspiration, the authors undertook a prospective randomized trial in 57 patients admitted for suspected amebic liver abscess during a 15-month period. Sixteen patients were excluded from the trial. The remaining 41 patients were randomly included in one of two study groups to receive amebicidal therapy alone or amebicidal therapy coupled with image-guided percutaneous therapeutic aspiration. All patients in the trial recovered. No statistically significant benefit was demonstrated in the aspiration group for the two objective parameters evaluated: length of hospitalization and duration of time to becoming afebrile. Subjective improvement in symptoms after aspiration was greater in the aspiration group at a marginally statistically significant level. These data do not support the adjunctive performance of percutaneous therapeutic aspiration in the treatment of uncomplicated amebic liver abscess. Amebicidals alone were equally efficacious in treating the group studied.
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