Theodore Colton

TL;DR: This monograph presents the detailed protocols and record forms for screening and diagnostic examinations, definitions of the specific abnormalities and characteristics used to screen for each disease, criteria for suspicion and diagnosis of diseases, detailed tables of the basic data from the study, evaluation of quality of the data, and discussion of selected findings.

TL;DR: Among patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy, the use of diflunisal compared with placebo for 2 years reduced the rate of progression of neurological impairment and preserved quality of life.

TL;DR: In critically ill patients, weekly administration of a weekly dosing schedule of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) reduces allogeneic RBC transfusion and increases hemoglobin.

TL;DR: The risk of developing esophageal cancer in Barrett's esophagus has been estimated at about 10%. This estimate is based primarily on data concerning the prevalence of that association in series of hospitalized patients and autopsies.

TL;DR: In utero exposure of women to DES is associated with a high lifetime risk of a broad spectrum of adverse health outcomes, and the risks among exposed women were higher for those with vaginal epithelial changes than for those without such changes.