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Hormone Replacement Therapy and Heart Disease Prevention: Experimentation Trumps Observation by Petitti, Diana B

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Steroid hormone contraception and bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study in an international population by Petitti, D.B., Piaggio, G., Mehta, S., Cravioto, M.C., Meirik, O.

“…Objective: To evaluate relationships between bone mineral density and use of steroid hormonal contraceptives. Methods: This was a multicenter cross-sectional…”
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Stroke in Users of Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives by Petitti, Diana B, Sidney, Stephen, Bernstein, Allan, Wolf, Sheldon, Quesenberry, Charles, Ziel, Harry K

“…Soon after oral contraceptives were first marketed, case reports appeared of pulmonary embolism 1 and ischemic stroke 2 in women using these drugs. By the…”
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Hormone therapy to prevent disease and prolong life in postmenopausal women by Grady, D, Rubin, S M, Petitti, D B, Fox, C S, Black, D, Ettinger, B, Ernster, V L, Cummings, S R

“…To critically review the risks and benefits of hormone therapy for asymptomatic postmenopausal women who are considering long-term hormone therapy to prevent…”
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Mortality following development of breast cancer while using oestrogen or oestrogen plus progestin: a computer record-linkage study by CHEN, W, PETITTI, D. B, GEIGER, A. M

“…The literature on the relationship between breast cancer mortality and postmenopausal oestrogen and combined oestrogen/progestin therapy is seemingly…”
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Trends in serum folate after food fortification by Lawrence, Jean M, Bpetitti, Diana, Watkins, Margaret, Umekubo, Mary Anne

“…From 1994 to 1998, median serum folate values in clinical specimens increased from 12·6 to 18·7 μg/L. The percentage of low values decreased. Food…”
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Stroke and Cocaine or Amphetamine Use by Petitti, Diana B., Sidney, Stephen, Quesenberry, Charles, Bernstein, Allan

“…The association of cocaine and amphetamine use with hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke is based almost solely on data from case series. The limited number of…”
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The Influence of Intrapartum Antibiotics on the Clinical Spectrum of Early-Onset Group B Streptococcal Infection in Term Infants by Bromberger, Patricia, Lawrence, Jean M, Braun, David, Saunders, Brian, Contreras, Richard, Petitti, Diana B

“…The use of intrapartum antibiotics to prevent early-onset group B streptococcal (EOGBS) infection has left pediatricians in a quandary about the appropriate…”
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Stroke and use of low-dose oral contraceptives in young women : A pooled analysis of two US studies by SCHWARTZ, S. M, PETITTI, D. B, SISCOVICK, D. S, LONGSTRETH, W. T, SIDNEY, S, RAGHUNATHAN, T. E, QUESENBERRY, C. P, KELAGHAN, J

“…The available data on low-dose oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use and stroke risk in US women are limited by small numbers. We sought more precise estimates by…”
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Approaches to heterogeneity in meta-analysis by Petitti, Diana B.

“…This paper reviews publications from January 1999 to March 2001 on reproductive health topics that were self‐identified as meta‐analysis or were indexed as…”
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Venous thromboembolic disease in users of low-estrogen combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptives by Sidney, Stephen, Petitti, Diana B, Soff, Gerald A, Cundiff, Deborah L, Tolan, Kimberly K, Quesenberry, Charles P

“…To assess the relationship between venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) and use of low-estrogen dose (<50 μg) combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptives…”
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Outcome among surviving very low birthweight infants: a meta-analysis by Escobar, G J, Littenberg, B, Petitti, D B

“…Because published outcome studies are the only available source of data about the morbidity among surviving very low birthweight infants (VLBW, less than 1500…”
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Myocardial infarction and the use of estrogen and estrogen-progestogen in postmenopausal women by SIDNEY, S, PETITTI, D. B, QUESENBERRY, C. P

“…To estimate the relative risk for incident acute myocardial infarction in relation to the current use of estrogen and estrogen-progestogen. Retrospective…”
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Evaluation of the effect of performance monitoring and feedback on care process, utilization, and outcome by PETITTI, D. B, CONTRERAS, R, ZIEL, F. H, DUDL, J, DOMURAT, E. S, HYATT, J. A

“…Evaluation of the effect of performance monitoring and feedback on care process, utilization, and outcome. D B Petitti , R Contreras , F H Ziel , J Dudl , E S…”
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Incidence of stroke and myocardial infarction in women of reproductive age by PETITTI, D. B, SIDNEY, S, QUESENBERRY, C. P, BERNSTEIN, A

“…Information on the incidence of vascular disease in women of reproductive age has been limited. These disease are rare in this age group, and a large…”
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Of babies and bathwater by Petitti, D B

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Ischemic stroke and use of estrogen and estrogen/progestogen as hormone replacement therapy by PETITTI, D. B, SIDNEY, S, QUESENBERRY, C. P, BERNSTEIN, A

“…Information about the risk of stroke in current postmenopausal hormone users is limited. In this case-control study, women aged 45 to 74 years hospitalized…”
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Myocardial infarction in users of low-dose oral contraceptives by Sidney, Stephen, B. Petitti, Diana, P. Quesenberry, Charles, L. Klatsky, Arthur, K. Ziel, Harry, Wolf, Sheldon

“…To determine the relationship between the use of low-dose (less than 50 /mg estrogen) oral contraceptives (OC) and myocardial infarction. In this…”
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Myocardial infarction and use of low-dose oral contraceptives: A pooled analysis of 2 US studies by SIDNEY, S, SISCOVICK, D. S, PETITTI, D. B, SCHWARTZ, S. M, QUESENBERRY, C. P, PSATY, B. M, RAGHUNATHAN, T. E, KELAGHAN, J, KOEPSELL, T. D

“…Population-based case-control studies to assess the relationship of low-dose oral contraceptive (OC) use with myocardial infarction (MI) were performed at 2…”
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Noncontraceptive estrogens and mortality: long-term follow-up of women in the Walnut Creek Study by Petitti, D B, Perlman, J A, Sidney, S

“…The effect of postmenopausal estrogen use on mortality is an important and controversial subject. To address it, we analyzed data from a ten- to 13-year…”
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