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The purpose of this study was to determine imipenem concentrations in vitreous humor of non-infected human eyes. Ten patients undergoing vitrectomy were infused with a single dose of either 0.5g (5 patients) or 1g (5 patients) of imipenem. Vitreous humor was withdrawn 2 or 4 hours after the end of the infusion. Results differed in relation to the dose. After 0.5g, vitreous levels were stable (approximately 0.20 mg/l), but after 1g they were significantly higher (approximately 2 mg/l). These levels were above the minimum inhibitory concentration of imipenem for 90% (MIC 90) of the main species responsible for endophthalmitis.
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- J P Adenis
- Department of Ophthalmology, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France
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Vernaz N, Haller G, Girardin F, Huttner B, Combescure C, Dayer P, Muscionico D, Salomon JL, Bonnabry P. Patented drug extension strategies on healthcare spending: a cost-evaluation analysis. PLoS Med 2013; 10:e1001460. [PMID: 23750120 PMCID: PMC3672218 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Drug manufacturers have developed "evergreening" strategies to compete with generic medication after patent termination. These include marketing of slightly modified follow-on drugs. We aimed to estimate the financial impact of these drugs on overall healthcare costs and also to examine the impact of listing these drugs in hospital restrictive drug formularies (RDFs) on the healthcare system as a whole ("spillover effect"). METHODS AND FINDINGS We used hospital and community pharmacy invoice office data in the Swiss canton of Geneva to calculate utilisation of eight follow-on drugs in defined daily doses between 2000 and 2008. "Extra costs" were calculated for three different scenarios assuming replacement with the corresponding generic equivalent for prescriptions of (1) all brand (i.e., initially patented) drugs, (2) all follow-on drugs, or (3) brand and follow-on drugs. To examine the financial spillover effect we calculated a monthly follow-on drug market share in defined daily doses for medications prescribed by hospital physicians but dispensed in community pharmacies, in comparison to drugs prescribed by non-hospital physicians in the community. Estimated "extra costs" over the study period were €15.9 (95% CI 15.5; 16.2) million for scenario 1, €14.4 (95% CI 14.1; 14.7) million for scenario 2, and €30.3 (95% CI 29.8; 30.8) million for scenario 3. The impact of strictly switching all patients using proton-pump inhibitors to esomeprazole at admission resulted in a spillover "extra cost" of €330,300 (95% CI 276,100; 383,800), whereas strictly switching to generic cetirizine resulted in savings of €7,700 (95% CI 4,100; 11,100). Overall we estimated that the RDF resulted in "extra costs" of €503,600 (95% CI 444,500; 563,100). CONCLUSIONS Evergreening strategies have been successful in maintaining market share in Geneva, offsetting competition by generics and cost containment policies. Hospitals may be contributing to increased overall healthcare costs by listing follow-on drugs in their RDF. Therefore, healthcare providers and policy makers should be aware of the impact of evergreening strategies.
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Vernaz N, Huttner B, Muscionico D, Salomon JL, Bonnabry P, López-Lozano JM, Beyaert A, Schrenzel J, Harbarth S. Modelling the impact of antibiotic use on antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli using population-based data from a large hospital and its surrounding community. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011; 66:928-35. [PMID: 21393172 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To determine the temporal relationship between antibiotic use and incidence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in both the inpatient and outpatient setting of a large urban area. METHODS A retrospective observational time-series analysis was performed to evaluate the incidence of non-duplicate clinical isolates of E. coli resistant to ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and cefepime from January 2000 through December 2007, combined with a transfer function model of aggregated data on antibiotic use in both settings obtained from the hospital's pharmacy and outpatient billing offices. RESULTS Ciprofloxacin resistance increased from 6.0% (2000) to 15.4% (2007; P<0.0001) and cefepime resistance from 0.9% (2002) to 3.2% (2007; P=0.01). Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance remained stable (23.7%-25.8%). Total antibiotic use increased in both settings, while fluoroquinolone use increased significantly only among outpatients. A temporal effect between fluoroquinolone resistance in community E. coli isolates and outpatient use of ciprofloxacin (immediate effect and time lag 1 month) and moxifloxacin (time lag 4 months) was observed, explaining 51% of the variance over time. The incidence of cefepime resistance in E. coli was correlated with ciprofloxacin use in the inpatient (lag 1 month) and outpatient (lag 4 months) settings and with the use of ceftriaxone (lag 0 month), piperacillin/tazobactam (3 months) and cefepime (3 months) in the hospital (R2=51%). CONCLUSIONS These results support efforts to reduce prescribing of fluoroquinolones for control of resistant E. coli including extended-spectrum β-lactamase producers and show the added value of time-series analysis to better understand the interaction between community and hospital antibiotic prescribing and its spill-over effect on antibiotic resistance.
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- Nathalie Vernaz
- Pharmacy Department, University of Geneva Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Doucet-Populaire F, Bourgeois N, Charara O, Bellaïche M, Richardin F, Salomon JL, Berardi-Grassias L, Ghnassia JC, Foucaud P. [Routine use of gene amplification for pertussis diagnosis in children]. Arch Pediatr 2002; 9:1145-52. [PMID: 12503505 DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(02)00093-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The resurgence of whooping cough observed in France convinced us to develop a specific PCR assay to detect B. pertussis in nasopharyngeal secretions in parallel of the culture. The aim of our study was to show the value of the PCR in routine diagnosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS From November 1996 to August 2000, in two hospitals located in the Yvelines (France), the children consulting for a cough compatible with the diagnosis of whooping cough were included in this study. A questionnaire including clinical, biological and radiological items was completed for each one of these patients. A culture of Bordetella and a detection by PCR of B. pertussis were carried out on each nasopharyngeal aspirate. The diagnosis of whooping cough was retained if the detection was positive in PCR and/or culture. RESULTS Among the 215 investigated children with suspected cases of whooping cough, the diagnosis was positive for 45 (20.9%), of which 39 were less than one year old (median: three months). Sixteen (35.5,%) were positive at the same time for both the PCR and the culture, 26 (57.8%) for only PCR and three (6.7%) for only culture. The PCR was positive in 93.3% of the cases. The results were obtained with an average time of 48 hours. The culture was positive in 61.2% of the cases with an average time of six days. The monthly distribution of the cases of whooping cough was very inhomogeneous and of epidemic appearance. The majority of the cases was located between two periods: 42% between November 1996 and September 1997 and 40% between November 1999 and August 2000. Among the infected children, 15 were less than two months old and were not yet vaccinated; among the 24 others infants, a delay in the vaccine calendar was noted in 50% of the cases. Four children between six and 14 years old were correctly vaccinated. The evolution was favourable in all the children. CONCLUSION The PCR due to its sensitivity, its specificity and its rapidity offers to the clinician a powerful tool for the diagnosis of whooping cough. Nevertheless, the culture must be associated with the PCR, in order to follow the epidemiology and the sensitivity to antibiotics of B. pertussis.
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- F Doucet-Populaire
- Service de microbiologie, hôpital André-Mignot, centre hospitalier de Versailles, 177, rue de Versailles, 78157 Le Chesnay, France.
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Tchernia G, Delhommeau F, Perrotta S, Cynober T, Bader-Meunier B, Nobili B, Rohrlich P, Salomon JL, Sagot-Bevenot S, del Giudice EM, Delaunay J, DeMattia D, Schischmanoff PO, Mohandas N, Iolascon A. Recombinant erythropoietin therapy as an alternative to blood transfusions in infants with hereditary spherocytosis. Hematol J 2002; 1:146-52. [PMID: 11920183 DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/1999] [Accepted: 01/12/2000] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In hereditary spherocytosis, erythropoiesis has been described as 'sluggish' during the first months of life. The lack of appropriate erythropoietic response to compensate for increased red cell destruction necessitates blood transfusions in 70-80% of hereditary spherocytosis-affected infants during their first year of life. After this period, less than 30% require regular transfusion support. This transient requirement for transfusion led us to wonder whether anemic hereditary spherocytosis infants, like anemic premature infants, could benefit from recombinant erythropoietin therapy (rHu-Epo). MATERIAL AND METHODS In 16 hereditary spherocytosis infants (age range 16-119 days) with severe anemia, a compassionate open preliminary study was performed. rHu-Epo treatment (1000 IU/kg/week) was instituted together with iron supplementation. Hemoglobin values and reticulocyte counts were repeatedly assessed. RESULTS In 13 out of 16 infants, prompt increases in reticulocyte counts were noted after the first week of treatment with 1000 IU/kg/week of rHu-Epo. During treatment with Epo these infants maintained clinically acceptable levels of hemoglobin and did not require blood transfusions. As the infants grew and began to mount an adequate erythropoietic response, the rHu-Epo dose could be tapered and the treatment could be discontinued before the age of nine months. CONCLUSION Epo treatment in most hereditary spherocytosis infants appears to be effective in the management of anemia and could serve as a valuable alternative to packed RBC transfusions.
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- G Tchernia
- Laboratoires d'Hématologie, de Biochimie, département de Pédiatrie et Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Hôpital Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, France.
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Rouzioux C, Burgard M, Chaix ML, Delamare C, Cirau N, Bouiller B, Cateloy S, Allemon MC, Broyart C, Ciraru N, Floch C, Lelorier P, Lachassine E, Mazy F, Narcy P, Saillant J, Salomon JL, Seaume H, Talon P, Mayaux MJ, Blanche S. Human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in neonates: correlation of plasma and cellular viremia and clinical outcome. French Pediatric Cohort Study Group. Acta Paediatr Suppl 1997; 421:17-21. [PMID: 9240852 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb18314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Among human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) vertically infected children, two patterns of disease progression have been observed: about 25% develop a severe immunodeficiency within the first 2 years of life; the rest experience a slower progression, like adults. We have assessed infectious viral burden in infected neonates through the French National Prospective Study. Plasma and cell-associated viremia were assayed by endpoint-dilution cultures in samples from 46 infants followed prospectively from birth. Plasma and cell-associated viral burden were found to be significantly higher in rapid progressing infants than in non-progressing infants in the first months of life: before the age of 2 months, between 2 and 4 months of age and by the age of 6 months. Moreover, among the non-progressing children, the infectious viral burden before the age of 4 months was predictive of the viral burden measured after the age of 12 months. In conclusion, this work demonstrates that infectious viral load is a reliable predictive marker for rapid progression to AIDS in infants and could be useful for initiating antiretroviral therapy.
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- C Rouzioux
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Sarcoidosis is rare in children, who usually have only asymptomatic pulmonary involvement. We report granulomatous cheilitis in two children with sarcoidosis. Both children had systemic sarcoidosis with lymph node and pulmonary involvement.
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Vallat M, Reynaud X, Van Coppenolle F, Salomon JL, Maes S, Saint Blancat P. [Limited photocoagulation in a case of macular edema caused by decrease of venous circulation]. Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr 1990; 90:737-9. [PMID: 2257642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Vallat M, Reynaud X, Salomon JL, Lhomme C, Duprat F, Mathon C. [Limitation of photocoagulation in diabetic neoproliferative retinopathy as a function of the patients' age]. Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr 1990; 90:761-4. [PMID: 2257649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Adenis JP, Leboutet MJ, Salomon JL, Duprat F, Loubet R. [Experimental and clinical study of conjunctivo-scleral tolerance of PTFE (Goretex) sutures compared to polyglactine (Vicryl)]. Ophtalmologie 1989; 3:231-2. [PMID: 2641119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The authors report a study of the modifications observed with sutures of PTFE (Goretex) and polyglactin (Vicryl) at the level of the sclera and the conjunctival. Inflammatory cells are fewer with PTFE both in the rabbit eyes (14 cases) from 3 to 110 days and in the human eye in a clinical study of 28 cases.
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Delaisi B, Clément A, Salomon JL, Baculard A. [Iconographic rubric. Atresia of the middle lobe of the bronchus]. Arch Fr Pediatr 1989; 46:133-5. [PMID: 2735792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- B Delaisi
- Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris
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Vallat M, Mathon C, Duprat D, Smolick I, Van Coppenolle F, Salomon JL, Liozon P. [Value of peripheral retinopexy in proliferative diabetic retinopathy with hemorrhage of the vitreous body. A 5-year study]. Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr 1988; 88:1267-8, 1271-2. [PMID: 3256434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Bezeaud A, Venisse L, Conard J, Horellou MH, Salomon JL, Lebaleur A, Samama M, Guillin MC. [Hereditary protein S deficiency and recurrent venous thrombosis. Study of a family]. Presse Med 1987; 16:1895-7. [PMID: 2962138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Hereditary protein S deficiency was detected in three subjects belonging to three generations of one single family. The deficiency was heterozygous and was associated with recurrent venous thromboembolism in two of the subjects affected. Plasma analysis by two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis showed that the protein S fraction bound to C4b-binding protein was quantitatively normal, whereas the free protein S fraction was much reduced. Since it has been well established that only free protein S intervenes in the regulation of blood coagulation, any quantitative deficiency, even moderate, in protein S resulting in redistribution of its free and bound fractions will have major functional repercussions.
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- A Bezeaud
- Service central d'Immunologie et Hématologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy
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Berardi L, Richardin F, Berardi JC, Salomon JL, Riou JY. [Neonatal gonococcus conjunctivitis (prevention-epidemiology)]. Presse Med 1985; 14:895. [PMID: 3158927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Salomon JL, Bourgeois A, Le Baleur A, Pillot P, Gillot C, Frileux C. [Product of choice for maintenance sclerosis: 66% glucose solution]. Phlebologie 1983; 36:249-54. [PMID: 6622545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The use of a 66% hypertonic glucose saline solution provides absolute security in sclerosant treatment. It has no side effects and does not provoke any allergic reactions and it produces a good quality sclerosis without pigmentation or thrombus. The injection can sometimes be painful, so it should be made very slowly. Its effectiveness is good, although less than that of sodium tetradecyl sulphate. Intra-arterial injection in animals dose not cause gangrene of the limb. Extravascular injection does not cause necrosis.
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Sardet A, Couvreur J, Salomon JL, Kasse MC, Grimfeld A, Balquet P, Tournier G. [Pulmonary and systemic vascular abnormalities of the right lung in children]. Arch Fr Pediatr 1983; 40:465-467. [PMID: 6625844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Three children presenting with vascular abnormalities of the right lungs are reported. Clinical symptoms were not specific. Total lack of perfusion associated with normal ventilation at pulmonary scintiscanning was highly suggestive. Diagnosis was confirmed by pulmonary catheterism and angiography. The congenital or acquired nature of these abnormalities is not established. Development of pulmonary arterial hypertension during follow-up may need pneumonectomy.
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Salomon JL, Grimfeld A, Tournier G, Baculard A, Gerbeaux J. [Recurrent respiratory disease and IgA deficiency in infants and children (author's transl)]. Sem Hop 1981; 57:1081-5. [PMID: 6267703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Among nearly 1 300 infants and children studied for chronic or recurrent respiratory diseases 36 of them had plasma and/or salivary IgA deficiency. They were 1 to 13 years of age with 20 between 3 to 6 years; 11 had total, lack or traces of salivary IgA, 9 had very low or nul plasma IgA titer and 6 had both. The deficiency was transitory in 10. Associated abnormalities with potential liability for the disease: allergy, gastroesophageal reflux, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency and other immunologic deficiency were encountered in 26. The often multifactorial pattern of respiratory diseases in pediatrics is emphasized. The pathogenic role of IgA deficiency is discussed. Even though its responsibility is demonstrated, its real magnitude and extent requires further studies.
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Rossier A, Chabrolle JP, Salomon JL, Bergeret M, Raymond J, Acar JF. [Ampicillin resistance of Haemophilus influenzae type B]. Nouv Presse Med 1977; 6:3432. [PMID: 304560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Voisin C, Wattel F, Sergeant YH, Wallaert C, Salomon JL. [Pleural localizations of aspergillosis. Etiological, anatomo-radiological and therapeutic aspects. Apropos of 19 cases]. Lille Med 1970; 15:1268-73. [PMID: 5499544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Salomon JL. New technique for rapid ear irrigations. J Occup Med 1967; 9:576-7. [PMID: 6054749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Salomon JL, Berthot L. Locating small foreign bodies. J Occup Med 1967; 9:520. [PMID: 6054049 DOI: 10.1097/00043764-196710000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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