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First-line and combination treatment for hypertension

The American Journal of Medicine, 1989
Conventional stepped-care approaches for the control of high blood pressure based on the use of diuretics and beta-blockers have had a disappointing impact on coronary heart disease, the major cause of death in hypertension. Drug therapy for blood pressure should be complementary to attempts to control other risk factors and should not adversely affect
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First and second line treatment - A Retrospective View

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2007
The case history of a single casualty is recorded. A critique of aspects of his treatment is presented. Some suggestions for modifying aspects of his treatment are considered. A factual account of the wounds received by a soldier during one of the land battles in the Falklands Campaign is presented together with an account of his initial (first and ...
D S, Jackson, M D, Jowitt, R J, Knight
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Rituximab as a first-line agent for the treatment of dermatomyositis

Rheumatology International, 2010
B cells may play a pivotal role in the pathophysiology of DM, and reports have claimed that targeting B cells is a viable treatment option in patients with dermatomyositis. A 20-year-old girl presented in October 2007, with few weeks' history of proximal muscle weakness. Gottron's papules were noted on her knuckles.
Muhammad, Haroon, Joe, Devlin
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Combination therapy as first-line treatment for hypertension

Current Hypertension Reports, 2004
With the cut-off point between "normal" and "high" blood pressure (BP) being pushed increasingly downward, especially for patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors, most hypertensives need more than one antihypertensive agent to reach their target BP.
Irene, Gavras, Talma, Rosenthal
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Relapse of early syphilis on first line treatment

International Journal of STD & AIDS, 2002
We describe a case of a heterosexual HIV-negative man treated for primary syphilis with oral doxycycline in accordance with Clinical Effectiveness Group guidelines for treatment of early syphilis. Following an initial adequate response, he developed secondary syphilis three months later.
Ben, Goorney, Martin, Leahy
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First-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer

Anti-Cancer Drugs, 1996
Although metastatic breast cancer is an incurable disease, chemotherapy has had an impact on survival since the use of anthracycline drugs has become widespread. The optimal time for chemotherapeutic intervention for disseminated disease is in the first-line setting, but optimal treatments vary amongst patients, and the treatment must be chosen after ...
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Biofeedback: a first-line treatment for idiopathic constipation

British Journal of Nursing, 1997
This article defines the various types of defecatory problems which could be termed idiopathic constipation, and outlines the main diagnostic tests used to identify its origins. It highlights the limited role that laxatives, increased dietary fibre, and surgery can play in the management of this condition.
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Diuretics: first line treatment for hypertension

International Journal of Cardiology, 1983
J A, Whitworth, P, Kincaid-Smith
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[Treatment of autoimmune hepatitis-First-line, second-line and third-line treatment].

Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany)
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare autoimmune inflammation of the liver mostly with a chronic course, which can also be acutely manifested up to acute liver failure. It affects women 3-4 times more frequently than men and can be diagnosed in all age groups. In one third of the patients a liver cirrhosis is present at the time of diagnosis.
Richard, Taubert, Bastian, Engel
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An Approximate Line Attractor in the Hypothalamus Encodes an Aggressive State

Cell, 2023
Aditya Nair, David J. Anderson, Mark Schnitzer   +2 more
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