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Trends in the Prevalence of Chronic Medication Use in Children: 2002-2005 by Cox, Emily R, Halloran, Donna R, Homan, Sharon M, Welliver, Sherry, Mager, Douglas E

“…Our goal was to estimate the quarterly prevalence of and evaluate trends for chronic medication use in children. A cross-sectional study of ambulatory…”
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Potency, continence and complication rates in 1,870 consecutive radical retropubic prostatectomies by Catalona, W J, Carvalhal, G F, Mager, D E, Smith, D S

“…We update results in a series of consecutive patients treated with anatomic radical retropubic prostatectomy regarding recovery of erections, urinary…”
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Relationship between generic and preferred-brand prescription copayment differentials and generic fill rate by Mager, Douglas E, Cox, Emily R

“…To evaluate the relationship between generic and brand copayment differentials and generic fill rate (GFR). Cross-sectional. Aggregate-level retail…”
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Clinical and financial outcomes associated with a proton pump inhibitor prior-authorization program in a Medicaid population by Delate, Thomas, Mager, Douglas E, Sheth, Jagat, Motheral, Brenda R

“…To examine the clinical and financial outcomes associated with a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) prior-authorization policy. Interrupted time-series analyses of…”
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Impact of First-Line vs Second-Line Antibiotics for the Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Sinusitis by Piccirillo, Jay F, Mager, Douglas E, Frisse, Mark E, Brophy, Robert H, Goggin, Andrew

“…CONTEXT Studies suggest little benefit in relief of acute sinusitis symptoms from the use of newer and more expensive (second-line) antibiotics instead of…”
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Subtypes of adult antisocial behavior among drug abusers by Cottler, L B, Price, R K, Compton, W M, Mager, D E

“…Recent work has shown that a substantial proportion of injecting drug users would have met criteria for antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) if the childhood…”
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A prospective randomized trial comparing 6 versus 12 prostate biopsy cores: impact on cancer detection by Naughton, C K, Miller, D C, Mager, D E, Ornstein, D K, Catalona, W J

“…Several studies suggest that sextant transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy of the prostate provides insufficient material to detect all clinically important…”
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Trends in the Prevalence of Chronic Medication Use in Children: 2002-2005 by Cox, Emily R, Halloran, Donna R, Homan, Sharon M, Welliver, Sherry, Mager, Douglas E

“…Our goal was to estimate the quarterly prevalence of and evaluate trends for chronic medication use in children. A cross-sectional study of ambulatory…”
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Use of lower prostate specific antigen cutoffs for prostate cancer screening in black and white men by Smith, D S, Carvalhal, G F, Mager, D E, Bullock, A D, Catalona, W J

“…We evaluated differences in the prostate cancer detection rate among black and white men with serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels between 2.6 and 4.0…”
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Retrospective comparison of radical retropubic prostatectomy and 125iodine brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer by Ramos, C G, Carvalhal, G F, Smith, D S, Mager, D E, Catalona, W J

“…Favorable results with 125iodine (I) brachytherapy have been reported in select patients with localized prostate cancer. We evaluate the results of radical…”
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Clinical and pathological characteristics, and recurrence rates of stage T1c versus T2a or T2b prostate cancer by Ramos, C G, Carvalhal, G F, Smith, D S, Mager, D E, Catalona, W J

“…We compare clinicopathological features, and cancer recurrence and survival rates in men with stage T1c versus T2a or T2b prostate cancer. From 1988 through…”
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Digital rectal examination for detecting prostate cancer at prostate specific antigen levels of 4 ng./ml. or less by Carvalhal, G F, Smith, D S, Mager, D E, Ramos, C, Catalona, W J

“…We evaluated the detection rate of prostate cancer in men with suspicious digital rectal examination findings and serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) 4…”
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First-line vs Second-line Antibiotics for Treatment of Sinusitis—Reply by Piccirillo, Jay F, Mager, Douglas E, Frisse, Mark E

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Comparing assessments of DSM-IV substance dependence disorders using CIDI-SAM and SCAN by Compton, Wilson M., Cottler, Linda B., Dorsey, Karen B., Spitznagel, Edward L., Magera, Douglas E.

“…The main question addressed by this paper is whether DSM-IV substance dependence diagnoses obtained from two different instruments (the semi-structured WHO…”
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Correlates of dissatisfaction with treatment in patients with prostate cancer diagnosed through screening by Carvalhal, G F, Smith, D S, Ramos, C, Krygiel, J, Mager, D E, Yan, Y, Catalona, W J

“…We evaluated correlates of patient reported dissatisfaction with treatment of prostate cancer detected by screening. We performed a cross-sectional…”
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The effect of high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia on serum total and percentage of free prostate specific antigen levels by Ramos, C G, Carvahal, G F, Mager, D E, Haberer, B, Catalona, W J

“…It is established that the percentage of free prostate specific antigen (PSA) in serum is low in patients with prostate cancer. An unanswered question is…”
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Corrigendum to “Comparing assessments of DSM-IV substance dependence disorders using CIDI-SAM and SCAN” [Drug alcohol depend. 41 (1996) 179–187] by Compton, Wilson M., Cottler, Linda B., Dorsey, Karen B., Spitznagel, Edward L., Mager, Douglas E.

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