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Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is safe and effective therapy for acute exacerbations of myasthenia gravis (MG), myasthenic crisis, and for optimizing patients conditions in preparation for thymectomy. Its role in the long-term management of MG remains to be defined.
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Among patients with coronary artery disease, HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) are a mainstay of therapy. These drugs have also become widely prescribed with a low threshold to patients with elevated cholesterol and even minimal cardiac risk factors.
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Within minutes of an acute cerebral ischemic insult, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) demonstrates ischemic regions with a decline in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of water. ADC decline is associated with impaired high-energy metabolism and loss of ion homeostasis. Animal studies and preliminary observations in humans demonstrate that initial DWI and ADC abnormalities are reversible by early reperfusion.
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Bodegas Bust Bugs?; TNF in HIV/HBV Coinfected Adults
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A case of Plesiomonas shigelloides pyosalpinx occurred in a swimmer.
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Genetic mutations associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones were frequently detected in MRSA.
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A study of all children born in Denmark from 1991-1998 showed no association between vaccination with measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination and autism.
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Evidence indicates that a novel paramyxovirus, the human metapneumovirus, may be an important cause of respiratory tract infection.
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Two means of transmission of West Nile virus are newly describedsharps injury and transplacental infection.
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