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Practice Parameter: Diagnostic assessment of the child with status epilepticus (an evidence-based review) : Report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society by RIVIELLO, J. J, ASHWAL, S, HIRTZ, D, GLAUSER, T, BALLABAN-GIL, K, KELLEY, K, MORTON, L. D, PHILLIPS, S, SLOAN, E, SHINNAR, S

“…To review evidence on the assessment of the child with status epilepticus (SE). Relevant literature were reviewed, abstracted, and classified. When data were…”
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Functional RET G691S polymorphism in cutaneous malignant melanoma by Narita, N, Tanemura, A, Murali, R, Scolyer, R A, Huang, S, Arigami, T, Yanagita, S, Chong, K K, Thompson, J F, Morton, D L, Hoon, D S

“…RET proto-oncogene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase whose ligand is glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), and its polymorphism at G691S…”
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The use of topiramate in refractory status epilepticus by TOWNE, A. R, GARNETT, L. K, WATERHOUSE, E. J, MORTON, L. D, DELORENZO, R. J

“…In cases of refractory status epilepticus (RSE) unresponsive to sequential trials of multiple agents, a suspension of topiramate administered via nasogastric…”
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The case for lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy in the management of primary melanoma by Morton, D.L., Cochran, A.J.

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Prognostic factors in 1,521 melanoma patients with distant metastases by BARTH, A, WANEK, L. A, MORTON, D. L

“…Although over 7,000 people die from malignant melanoma each year, there are limited prognostic data for patients with metastatic disease. A retrospective…”
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Autoregulation of cerebral blood flow in fetuses with congenital heart disease: the brain sparing effect by Donofrio, M T, Bremer, Y A, Schieken, R M, Gennings, C, Morton, L D, Eidem, B W, Cetta, F, Falkensammer, C B, Huhta, J C, Kleinman, C S

“…Fetuses with congenital heart disease (CHD) have circulatory abnormalities that may compromise cerebral oxygen delivery. We believe that some CHD fetuses with…”
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Correlation of specific immune responses with survival in melanoma patients with distant metastases receiving polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine by Hsueh, E C, Gupta, R K, Qi, K, Morton, D L

“…The mechanisms that underlie the clinical efficacy of melanoma vaccines are not well understood. We hypothesized that the type and strength of the immune…”
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A new American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for cutaneous melanoma by Balch, Charles M., Buzaid, Antonio C., Atkins, Michael B., Cascinelli, Natale, Coit, Daniel G., Fleming, Irvin D., Houghton, Alan, Kirkwood, John M., Mihm, Martin F., Morton, Donald L., Reintgen, Douglas, Ross, Merrick I., Sober, Arthur, Soong, Seng‐Jaw, Thompson, John A., Thompson, John F., Gershenwald, Jeffrey E., McMasters, Kelly M.

“…The American Joint Committee on Cancer Melanoma Staging Committee proposes major changes to the TNM classification and the stage grouping for cutaneous…”
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Improved axillary staging of breast cancer with sentinel lymphadenectomy by GIULIANO, A. E, DALE, P. S, TURNER, R. R, MORTON, D. L, EVANS, S. W, KRASNE, D. L

“…The authors evaluated the effect of intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy (SLND) on the axillary staging of patients with carcinoma of…”
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Detection of occult melanoma cells in blood with a multiple-marker polymerase chain reaction assay by Hoon, D S, Wang, Y, Dale, P S, Conrad, A J, Schmid, P, Garrison, D, Kuo, C, Foshag, L J, Nizze, A J, Morton, D L

“…The objective of the study was to develop a sensitive multimarker polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to detect circulating melanoma cells in patient blood…”
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Prognostic Significance of Occult Metastases Detected by Sentinel Lymphadenectomy and Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction in Early-Stage Melanoma Patients by BOSTICK, P. J, MORTON, D. L, TURNER, R. R, HUYNH, K. T, WANG, H.-J, ELASHOFF, R, ESSNER, R, HOON, D. S. B

“…Detection of micrometastases in the regional tumor-draining lymph nodes is critical for accurate staging and prognosis in melanoma patients. We hypothesized…”
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Molecular Staging of Early Colon Cancer on the Basis of Sentinel Node Analysis: A Multicenter Phase II Trial by BILCHIK, Anton J, SAHA, Sukamal, WIESE, David, STONECYPHER, James A, WOOD, Thomas F, SOSTRIN, Stuart, TURNER, Roderick R, WANG, He-Jing, MORTON, Donald L, HOON, Dave S. B

“…Approximately 30% of patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer stage I or II colorectal cancer (CRC) develop systemic disease. We hypothesized that…”
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Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and selective cervical lymphadenectomy for early-stage melanomas of the head and neck by Morton, D L, Wen, D R, Foshag, L J, Essner, R, Cochran, A

“…We developed intraoperative lymphatic mapping with selective lymphadenectomy (SLND) to identify micrometastatic spread of cutaneous melanoma to regional lymph…”
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Molecular markers in blood as surrogate prognostic indicators of melanoma recurrence by HOON, D. S. B, BOSTICK, P, KUO, C, OKAMOTO, T, WANG, H.-J, ELASHOFF, R, MORTON, D. L

“…Improvement is needed in the ability to evaluate the prognosis of melanoma patients who are clinically disease-free but likely to develop recurrent metastatic…”
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Molecular detection of tumor-associated antigens shared by human cutaneous melanomas and gliomas by Chi, DD, Merchant, RE, Rand, R, Conrad, AJ, Garrison, D, Turner, R, Morton, DL, Hoon, DS

“…Both melanocytes and glial cells are derived embryologically from the neural ectoderm. Their malignant transformed counterparts, melanoma and glioma cells,…”
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Cytoreductive surgery and adjuvant immunotherapy: a new management paradigm for metastatic melanoma by Morton, D. L, Ollila, D. W, Hsueh, E. C, Essner, R, Gupta, R. K

“…Although patients with metastatic disease are usually not offered surgery as part of their comprehensive treatment plan, the authors suggest that surgical…”
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Immune response to postsurgical adjuvant active immunotherapy with Canvaxin polyvalent cancer vaccine: correlations with clinical course of patients with metastatic melanoma by Morton, D L

“…The efficacy of cytoreductive surgery for metastatic melanoma depends in part on the patient's immune response, which can be modulated by post-operative active…”
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Ultrastaging of early colon cancer using lymphatic mapping and molecular analysis by Bilchik, A.J, Nora, D, Tollenaar, R.A.E.M, van de Velde, C.J.H, Wood, T, Turner, R, Morton, D.L, Hoon, D.S.B

“…Approximately one-third of node-negative colon cancers will recur, possibly due to understaging and inadequate pathological examination of lymph nodes (LNs)…”
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Lymphatic mapping improves staging during laparoscopic colectomy for cancer by WOOD, T. F, SPIRT, M, RANGEL, D, SHEN, P, TSIOULIAS, G. J, MORTON, D. L, BILCHIK, A. J

“…Recently, lymphatic mapping (LM) of the sentinel lymph node (SN) has been coupled with ultrastaging methods to diagnose nodal micrometastases from colorectal…”
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Kinetics of Three Lymphoscintigraphic Agents in Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma by Glass, Edwin C, Essner, Richard, Morton, Donald L

“…Although lymphoscintigraphy is commonly used for the preoperative evaluation of patients with cutaneous melanoma and for intraoperative identification of…”
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